FRIDAY 6:00 reception 7:00 Welcome and introduction of Chris Chan Lee & Greg Pak by Elizabeth Tsai 7:15 Greg Pak introduces his film 7:25 FIGHTING GRANDPA, 21 min 7:50 Chris Chan Lee introduces his film 8:00 YELLOW, 90 min 9:30 Q & A with C. Lee & G. Pak 10:00 end of evening SATURDAY 1:00 Opening remarks by Anderson Lee 1:10 LETTERS TO THIEN, 56 min 2:10 THE SHOT HEARD 'ROUND THE WORLD, 75 min 3:30 keynote by Gordon Quan 3:45 panel: Rogene Calvert, Gordon Quan, Dr. Steven Pei, Diana Ruhtenberg, Hoc Nguyen, Glen Gondo, Anderson Lee 4:45 end of panel 5:00 VISAS AND VIRTUE, 24 min 5:30 STRAWBERRY FIELDS, 86 min 7:00 panel: Chris Chan Lee, Greg Pak, Bing Yao, Flora Moon 7:30 end of session 8:15 FRESHMEN, 130 min 10:30 end of evening SUNDAY 1:30 SEARCH FOR PEKING DOG, 8.5 min 1:40 KARMA LOCAL, 84 min 3:10 short break 3:15 Ather Ali and Shiraz Jafri present their films 3:25 THE ADVENTURES OF THE F.O.B. FACTOR, 5 min INDIAN BUFFET #52, 4 min JUNGLI FEVER, 18 min 3:55 DREAMING FILIPINOS, 52 min 4:50 Q & A with Ather Ali and Shiraz Jafri 5:20 short break 5:25 introduction of "My America..." by Dr. Chiu-Mi Lai 5:35 MY AMERICA...(OR HONK IF YOU LOVE BUDDHA), 87 min 7:05 end of festival   Speakers and Panelists Chris Chan Lee, filmmaker Greg Pak, filmmaker Gordon Quan, Houston City Councilman Rogene Calvert, President of Organization of Chinese Americans-Houston & Chief of Staff for Councilman Quan Dr. Steven Pei, Houston 80-20 Initiative Diana Ruhtenberg, Houston Sports Authority (among many other positions) Hoc Nguyen, City Council candidate in past election Glen Gondo, former officer, Japanese American Citizens League (JACL)-Houston (among other positions) Anderson Lee, Rice student Bing Yao, filmmaker Flora Moon, filmmaker/media consultant Ather Ali, filmmaker Shiraz Jafri, filmmaker Dr. Chiu-Mi Lai, expert in early Chinese literature and thought, Rice University   Home | Sponsors | Contact | Links | 1999 Film Festival