Please save the date and share: Light of the Setting Sun broadcasts live on PBS on Monday, May 18th at 10pm EST! 📺
The film will also be available to stream on PBS.org and the PBS app from May 18 - August 15 💻
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#independentlens #pbs #indielenspbs
In case you missed it, there’s still time to catch some of the most popular documentaries we’ve screened at Firehouse over the past year! Our ICYMI series continues with:
LIGHT OF THE SETTING SUN | Sun Aug 24, 2pm + Wed Aug 27, 7pm
In her deeply personal and moving directorial debut, filmmaker @vickydu_ unravels her family’s war-torn history across three generations and three countries—China, Taiwan, and the United States. LIGHT OF THE SETTING SUN is a poetic exploration of the unspoken, revealing how inherited trauma, insecurity, and the echoes of war shape both identity and legacy. Through archival footage, personal reflections, and intimate interviews, Du crafts a candid and compassionate meditation on survival and the lasting impact of her family’s escape from the 1949 Chinese Communist Revolution. #DCTVFirehouse
LIGHT OF THE SETTING SUN returns to @dctvny for two special summer screenings in their ICYMI series!
2pm, Sun, Aug 24th
7pm, Weds, Aug 27th
DCTV Firehouse Cinema
“A Taiwanese-American filmmaker confronts her family’s silence around the cycles of violence that have persisted since the Chinese Communist Revolution of 1949. LIGHT OF THE SETTING SUN is a poetic family portrait of what’s been left unsaid.”
(🎟🔗 and trailer in bio!)
Save the date! LIGHT OF THE SETTING SUN will have its Berlin premiere on August 20th, 8pm @delphilux with a Q&A moderated by the incredibly thoughtful and introspective writer @jessicajlee (Two Trees Make A Forest).
Tix are on sale now! Link in bio 🎟️🔗
If you’re in town, I hope to see you there! 😌
Today in LA! ☀️ LIGHT OF THE SETTING SUN is screening at LAAPFF @vcmediaorg
I’m late to post but very excited to share the film with LA audiences. For those who can still make it, tix are at the link in bio 🎟️
🗓️ Sun, May 4, 12:45pm PST
📍AMC in Monterey Park, Los Angeles
Join us for our NYC theatrical release, tickets for LIGHT OF THE SETTING SUN are on sale now! (link in bio)
📍 @dctvny
📅 April 18 - 24
“LIGHT OF THE SETTING SUN” is not a simple story of forgiveness or even understanding; it is a commitment to seeing and struggling with suffering that seems unspeakable.” -Emily Liu, SDAFF
Featuring filmmaker Q&As moderated by:
* @moninavarro , director of @firelight_media William Greaves Production Fund
* @bingliu89 , director of #mindingthegapfilm
* @jiayangfan , staff writer @newyorkermag
* Marcia Liu Ph. D., psychologist and professor @huntercollege
* @siyichenlalala , director of “Dear Mother, I Meant to Write About Death”
* Dr. Daniela Schiller, neuroscientist @mountsinainyc
Co-presented by @sandboxfilms@meerkatmedia@caamedia
BFC member Vicky Du's deeply personal documentary Light of the Setting Sun premieres next Friday (4/18) at DCTV's Firehouse Cinema-followed by Q&As and receptions with the film team!
📌Tickets can be purchased on DCTV's website, linked in our bio!
Set across three generations and three countries- China, Taiwan, and the U.S.-Vicky's directorial debut unravels her family's war-torn history and the lingering impact of inherited trauma. A poetic meditation on identity, legacy, and survival, the film traces the emotional reverberations of her family's escape from the Chinese Communist Revolution.
Don't miss the chance to see the film and connect with Vicky and other featured writers, filmmakers, and film lovers at the screenings.
BFC is thrilled to celebrate Vicky's incredible work— hope to see you there!
#BFC #BrooklynFilmmakersCollective #IndieFilm #Filmmaker #VickyDu #LightOfTheSettingSun #DCTV #FirehouseCinema #IndependentCinema #DocumentaryFilm #FilmPremiere
A Taiwanese-American filmmaker questions her family’s silence around the cycles of violence that have persisted since the Chinese Communist Revolution of 1949.
Coming to @dctvny April 18-24 🎟️ 🔗 in bio!
Sponsored by @caamedia@meerkatmedia@sandboxfilms@yunhaishop@flybyjing
#dctvfirehousecinema #lightofthesettingsun
LIGHT OF THE SETTING SUN | Apr 18–24
In her deeply personal and moving directorial debut, filmmaker @vickydu_ unravels her family’s war-torn history across three generations and three countries—China, Taiwan, and the United States. LIGHT OF THE SETTING SUN is a poetic exploration of the unspoken, revealing how inherited trauma, insecurity, and the echoes of war shape both identity and legacy. Through archival footage, personal reflections, and intimate interviews, Du crafts a candid and compassionate meditation on survival and the lasting impact of her family’s escape from the 1949 Chinese Communist Revolution.
Q&As with filmmakers and many special guests at select showtimes co-presented with @sandboxfilms@meerkatmedia@caamedia . #DCTVFirehouse
Thrilled to share that the New York Theatrical Release for LIGHT OF THE SETTING SUN will be @dctvny April 18-24! Tix are on sale now at the link in bio 🎟️
We have put together some really exciting Q&A’s featuring:
@moninavarro , director of @firelight_media William Greaves Production Fund
@bingliu89 , director of #mindingthegapfilm
@jiayangfan , staff writer @newyorkermag
Dr. Daniela Schiller, neuroscientist @mountsinainyc
+ more TBA!
Hope you’ll join us 🎉
Co-presented by @sandboxfilms@meerkatmedia@caamedia 🙏
Heading to San Diego this weekend for #sdaff, and looking forward to being in community during this insane time. Thank you @pacartsmovement for bringing us together.
We are screening this Sunday at 3pm (link in bio). And thank you Emily Liu for writing such a gorgeous program note:
“…While the impetus for the film was the trauma that came to light during family therapy, Du refuses to locate blame in the family members whose pain caused her own. She reaches into her family’s history to grasp trauma at its root and finds that there is no singular truth to be found, only more stories to weave into her own. LIGHT OF THE SETTING SUN is not a simple story of forgiveness, reconciliation, or even understanding; it is a commitment to seeing and struggling with suffering that seems unspeakable.”
