Fei Tien: Goddess in Flight

This film will be screened in-person only and is part of our in-person special presentation, Breaking Boundaries Across Time and Distance: A Christine Choy Tribute. It will precede the feature film, HA HA SHANGHAI. Click the BUY TICKETS button to proceed.

Based on the play, “Pigeons,” by Ginny Lim, this film focuses on the meeting between an older immigrant and younger American-born woman living in Chinatown. The linkages in their pasts and possible futures unfold as their friendship grows.

Christine Choy led Newsreel as it became Third World Newsreel in 1972 with fellow filmmaker Susan Robeson. During her tenure, she made numerous documentaries, including MISSISSIPPI TRIANGLE. Choy went on to make 70 films, and received over sixty international awards including an Oscar Nomination for Best Documentary. She was featured in the 2022 film THE EXILES, which won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance and received a lifetime achievement award from Hot Docs Film festival in 2023. Choy was also the founding director of the School of Creative Media, City University of Hong.

Producer: Third World Newsreel

Writers: Brian Breger, Genny Lim

Cinematographer: Christopher Li

Editor: Allan Siegel

Sound Recordist: J.T. Takagi

Creative Consultants: Pearl Bowser, Yuet Fung Ho

Additional cast: Alan Chow, Yuet Fung Ho, Jack Tchen, Ku-Ling Siegel Choy, Eriko Tokuno

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Out of Bounds: A Tribute to Christine Choy

Christine Choy never asked for permission. As a pioneering filmmaker, educator, activist, and co-founder of Asian CineVision, she spent a lifetime crossing—and dismantling—the borders of nation, language, identity, and expectation. She helped build the very community that continues to shape this festival, and her films remain as fearless, funny, and uncompromising as ever.