王小绿 Lou Wang-Holborn

It’s EAP time! Link in the bio. 🐦‍⬛ A very big thank you to all our cast, crew, contributors and everyone who helped make this film. Thank you to all the programmers who took a chance on us and to the audience that laughed at our screenings. For the besties.

Kick off the 3rd year of nooks&crannies犄角旮旯🏡🎞️ @brooklynmuseum on 5/2, for AAPI month First Saturday “Spring Tide”🌸🌿 Presenting a very special film program featuring: - Untitled Ping Chong Documentary🎭 (special 13-min Work-in-Progress Excerpt) @pingchongdocumentary - Chinatown Cha-Cha女人世界💃🏻@chinatownchacha Come and join us to celebrate Ping, Coby and Grant Avenue Follies(@grantavenue_follies ), indie doc filmmaker, among a full night programs of dance, music, art making, talks and more! Director/Producer Melanie Vi Levy and Producer Lou Wang-Holborn(@wangxiaolv ) will be present for intro, and Chinatown Cha-Cha is bringing back director Luka’s book about her research + filmmaking journey, “In Herland她乡舞曲” (@lukayang @te.editions ) and the cutest merch🪭👚☕️ 🎟️FREE, RSVP needed: 1st batch - SOLD OUT; 2nd batch - will be added on 5/1 Fri; Last batch - will be added on the day 5/2 Sat, via website and counter. ⏰Reminders will be posted via story. Please reserve via link in bio, or Brooklyn Museum website 这次的春天，好像等得特别特别漫长，但也终于来了。谢谢陪伴小小的犄角旮旯，慢慢成长。祝大家健康平安💃🏻🪩🌸🌼💐See yall at Spring Tide, 都舞起来！

师父常说：如果你忘了（练）功夫，功夫就会忘了你。上海转机两天半，跟liuyi去她的咏春学校练了两次。重拾咏春，我的身心净化地。 #念头

So many memories and highlights from our recent trip to India. It is a privilege to be able to travel and experience different culture and food. It’s interesting to see how we imagine the world, about other countries, culture and people. Hihi made so many friends and started conversations wherever we went. It’s funny we as adults sometimes forgot how simple it is to make human connections. I can’t wait to go back to India. I want to retire in Udaipur!

Closing out our festival run with a few more awards including Best Actor, Best Producer, and Best Score! Excited to turn this into a bigger movie/production. Thank you @iwomantv 🎥🎬

Come with us #behindthescenes on ‘MILK BABY’, a haunting, intimate short film premiering at this year’s HollyShorts, written & directed by Kristen Gerweck Diaz and produced by Lou Wang-Holborn (@wangxiaolv ). The film’s #cinematographer Jon Keng (@jonkeng ) captured the delicate balance between dream and dread with striking precision, shooting on a variety of #Panavision lenses. Keng tells us, “The #Bseries lens was a great choice for Milk Baby as we wanted to capture this romanticized dystopian world in a timeless, retro setting. The B series provided a vintage feel while the barrel distortion, distinct flaring and unique bokeh gave depth to the dystopian backdrop. We paired them with #Ultraspeeds for our wide angle shots when we needed straight lines.” Head to @milkbabyfilm for more festival updates & tickets!

Motherhood or raising a baby is both beautiful and “horrifying.” Producing can be that way too. I had so much fun and happy pain producing @milkbabyfilm with my beloved friends. Sharing some favorite moments during production. Will never forget we shot our first day on Friday 13th overnight in a mausoleum while a live immersive Halloween show was happening inside.

Given the state of the world, I've been thinking a lot about what lies ahead. Professionally that means having open and frequent conversations with fellow filmmakers about their creative pivot. How are we adapting to meet this uniquely challenging moment? Many 🙏 to @filmshop_us for giving this conversation an open forum on Governors Island next Sunday. And my collaborators for helping to organize - @e16dance @stevewthompson @emmafidel @shoottheplan We could not have done this without community partners like @aadocnetwork @browngirlsdocmafia @newdaydocfilms who helped us secure like-minded storytellers in - @thepiergaveus @wangxiaolv @grito_productions Friends, if you feel like hopping on a ferry on Sunday to Governors, please come and hang out! We'll be holding it down at Nolan Park, Building 4B. Picnic at noon to start, conversations to follow at 3pm, with plenty of wine in between 🍷

💃 Dance party at our place! Dust off your dancing shoes for an evening of cha-cha, showgirl sparkle, and community grooves featuring the legendary Grant Avenue Follies from SF Chinatown, a cha-cha demo, and Chinatown Records 華埠錄音 on the decks. Grant Avenue Follies will kick us off with a cha-cha dance performance followed by a dance party for everyone! Presented by Think!Chinatown and Chinatown Cha-Cha Film, it’s a coast to coast celebration of joy, memory, and movement! 🗓️ Tues, May 27 🕚 8-10PM 📍 Think!Chinatown's Studio (1 Pike St) 🎟️ Pay-as-you-wish RSVP at thinkchinatown.org/links ⭐ Don't miss this Sunday's (5/25) film screening of "Chinatown Cha-Cha" in Columbus Park from 8-10pm. Check out @chinatownchacha for more details! 🪭 Grant Avenue Follies bring to life the legacy of San Francisco Chinatown’s golden nightclub era (1940’s to 1970’s). Originally comprised of four retired dancers of the nightclubs, they were following doctor’s orders to exercise for improved physical health. The Follies rediscovered the sheer joy and freedom of dance and reconnected with their roots. They give performances for benefits and at senior retirement homes to show “just because you’re retired, you don’t have to stay in your pajamas all day!” 📸 1: Courtesy of Chinatown Cha-Cha Film 📸 2: @still1 #thinkchinatown #chinatown #chinatownnyc #chinatownchacha #generationsinstep #grantavenuefollies #chinatownrecordsproject

Still floating from the love we felt on Sunday. 🌸💫 Our Mother’s Day Screening at the Great Star Theater @greatstartheater was a dream come true. It was truly special to share it in the heart of SF Chinatown—on a day honoring the mothers, grandmothers, and women who carry generations of history and love in their steps. From the Grant Avenue Follies @grantavenue_follies lighting up the stage, to the beautiful reflections during our Dance in Herland book talk moderated by @christineni at On Waverly @onwaverly , to families coming together across generations—it was a day full of laughter, memory, and connection. 💖 A special thank you to the Showgirl Magic Museum @clarion_sf for opening its doors and offering a deeper glimpse into this rich, radiant history. You made the experience even more special. We’re endlessly grateful to everyone who came and celebrated with us. This was more than a screening—it was a homecoming. 🥹 This is just the beginning of our Generations in Step tour—and we can‘t wait to keep cha-cha’ing forward with you. Don’t forget to subscribe @grantavenue_follies YouTube channel: Grant Avenue Follies Photo credit: Zabrina Deng @zabrinaxyz Presented by AARP CA American Legion Chinatown Merchants Association @sfcma Community Sponsors Chinese American Citizens Alliance Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco @cccsanfrancisco Clarion Performing Arts Center @clarion_sf Friends of On Lok Moonstar Charitable Organization Promotional Partners Chinese Historical Society of America Museum @chsamuseum Edge on the Square @edgeonthesquare #ChinatownChaCha #GenerationsInStep #MothersDay #SFChinatown #ShowgirlMagicMuseum #GrantAvenueFollies #DanceInHerland #AAPIHeritageMonth

🌙✨📽️ FREE community screenings under the stars all summer long! UnionDocs is headed outdoors this May and June to take full advantage of one of NYC’s greatest offerings: the ready-made cinemas of public park handball courts! On 𝗝𝗨𝗡 𝟮𝟲, we’re thrilled to partner with @nooksncrannies_nyc to co-present 𝘊𝘏𝘐𝘕𝘈𝘛𝘖𝘞𝘕 𝘊𝘏𝘈-𝘊𝘏𝘈 女人世界 [ @chinatownchacha ], a luminous documentary by 𝗟𝘂𝗸𝗮 𝗬𝘂𝗮𝗻𝘆𝘂𝗮𝗻 𝗬𝗮𝗻𝗴 [ @lukayang ] that moves through memory, performance, and identity. At 92, legendary dancer Coby Yee—former owner of San Francisco’s iconic Forbidden City Nightclub—returns to the stage with the 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗔𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀 [ @grantavenue_follies ], a senior dance troupe led by Cynthia Yee. Their vibrant routines pay homage to Chinatown’s nightclub heyday while challenging stereotypes around age, gender, and race. Together, they tour across the US, Cuba, and China, bridging diasporic Chinese communities and reconnecting cultural ties. The film captures Coby’s final journey before her passing at 93, preserving her bold spirit. “Coby treated every performance as if it might be her last,” says Yang, “yet she always returned with incredible vitality.” That spirit lives on in the Follies, who continue to shine with pride, humor, and glittering resilience. 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 𝗥𝗦𝗩𝗣 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 🔗 𝗜𝗡 𝗕𝗜𝗢!