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Keeping Score

October 1st, 2009 · No Comments

Behind the scenes during a concert

KEEPING SCORE

with MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS and the SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
an InCA Productions series
Broadcast on national PBS
OCT 2009 & NOV 2009
For more info: www.pbs.org/keepingscore

The next 3 episodes of KEEPING SCORE explore the life and work of Hector Berlioz, Charles Ives, and Dmitri Shostakovich. An InCA Productions series. Monica Lam worked on this series as an Associate Producer & Score Reader

PBS Airdates (Check www.pbs.org/keepingscore for more local listings)

KQED-TV, San Francisco
BERLIOZ October 15 @ 10 pm
IVES October 22 @ 10 pm
SHOSTAKOVICH October 29 @ 10 pm

WGBH-TV, Boston
BERLIOZ October 15 @ 9 pm
IVES October 22 @ 9 pm
SHOSTAKOVICH October 29 @ 9 pm

WNET-TV, New York
BERLIOZ November 22 @ 2 pm
IVES November 29 @ 1:30 pm
SHOSTAKOVICH December 6 @ 1:30 pm

Produced & Directed by - JOAN SAFFA & DAVID KENNARD
Edited by - BLAIR GERSHKOW
Directors of Photography - MICHAEL ANDERSON, BOB ELFSTROM, BOYD ESTUS, IAN SALVAGE
Sound - DAN GLEICH, RHYS SUMMERS
Gaffer - JON FONTANA
Associate Producers - EMMA COTT, AMANDA HUELSE, MONICA LAM, JAMIE LEJEUNE
Archival Research - MINETTE SIEGEL
Additional Scripting - CHARLIE PEARSON
Post Production Audio - MARK ESCOTT, Robert Berke Sound
HD Post Production -  JESSE SPENCER, LOREN SORENSON, ED RUDOLPH Video Arts

Charles Ives' Holidays Symphony

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SPARK - The Bonesetter’s Daughter - Emmy!

May 19th, 2009 · No Comments

Wins an Emmy!

Asian American mediamakers
May 16, 2009 — (L to R) Monica Lam, composer Mark Izu, musician Van-Anh Vo, filmmaker Duc Nguyen and Mai-Phuong Nguyen. Mark Izu and Duc Nguyen won Emmys for their work on Bolinao52.


SPARK - San Francisco Opera:
The Bonesetter’s Daughter
wins an Emmy for outstanding achievement in historical & cultural programming.

Segment Co-Producers: Monica Lam, Fawn Ring
Original broadcast: September 2008
Running Time: 8:55

Watch the video on SPARK


This short documentary about the making of The Bonesetter’s Daughter opera was featured on SPARK, KQED’s weekly arts magazine show. We drew footage from a full-length documentary about the making of the opera that we’re currently producing. Originally broadcast just days before the world premiere of the opera, this piece gives a sneak peak behind the scenes at rehearsals.

The Bonesetter’s Daughter is an opera commissioned by the San Francisco Opera, with a libretto written by Amy Tan and based on her novel of the same title. Composer Stewart Wallace wrote the music, and Chen Shi-Zheng directed it. The Opera premiered on September 30, 2009 and played to sold out audiences.

Thanks to: the Center for Asian American Media, Amy Tan, Stewart Wallace, Chen Shi-Zheng, KQED, SPARK, and David Petersen

Related Links:
* Amy Tan
* San Francisco Opera: The Bonesetter’s Daughter
* Stewart Wallace
* More about the full-length documentary we’re producing

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Bolinao 52 on PBS - Emmy!

May 1st, 2009 · 7 Comments

Bolinao 52 boat
Bolinao 52 on National PBS Stations, May 2009
In celebration of Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, PBS stations around the country will be broadcasting Bolinao 52. Check your local listings.
www.bolinao52.com

FABULOUS NEWS TO SHARE
BOLINAO 52 “swept” the Emmys on Saturday evening 5/16/09 winning:

1) Outstanding Achievement in Documentary to Duc Nguyen
2) Outstanding Music Composition to Mark Izu

In his acceptance speech, Duc dedicated the award to his mentor and the “Mother of Asian American Film” Loni Ding, Professor of Ethnic Studies at UC Berkeley.

“We also dedicate this award to the 2.0 million Vietnamese Boat People around the world who remind us of the ‘high price of freedom.’ Finally, Cheers and gratitude to the B52 Team whose love and faith brought VOICE & VISIBILITY to Vietnamese Boat People for generations to come!”

— Gratefully, Duc & Mai-Phuong

The “Bolinao 52” was a fishing boat that left Vietnam on a rainy night in May 1988 with 110 passengers onboard, seeking asylum from political oppression and a better life. Their journey lasted a harrowing 37 days, during which they drifted lost without an engine on the high seas, ran out of food and water, encountered a U.S. Navy ship but were not rescued, and eventually had to break the “last taboo” to survive. Only 52 passengers made it to the Phillipines, where they were rescued by a couple of poor fishermen.

20 years later, one of the survivors, Tung Trinh, begins a new journey to seek answers and ultimately closure about what happened on the “Bolinao 52.” Told through her voice, the film tackles questions of risk and responsibility, truth and forgiveness. Film director Duc Nguyen writes, “Bolinao 52 is one boat person’s attempt to speak out about an unmentioned chapter in history. Her voice represents millions of silent ones.”

I contributed to this project as a line producer. For more information about the film and other screenings, go to: www.bolinao52.com

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In Beijing with Wu Tong

June 29th, 2008 · No Comments

Production Diary: June 29, 2008 Beijing
The Bonesetter’s Daughter documentary



Wu Tong practices the suona

Today was our first full day on the ground, and it went well. We filmed with Wu Tong in his home in the morning, getting ready for his day. Wu Tong is a singer – and a bit of a rock star – who integrates traditional Chinese instruments into his music. He plays with Yo-Yo Ma on the Silk Road Project and leads a rock’n’roll band called the China Magpies. We followed him as he cooked himself a simple breakfast of eggs, burned some incense to the Guanyin, and practiced suona in his living room. He also sat down to practice his calligraphy in a meditative den that’s built in a Japanese style – elevated floors, tatami mats, low tables and cushions, and sliding wooden doors.


Wu Tong practices calligraphy

Later, as we drove together to rehearsals, Wu Tong sang the entire time in his car, flexing a wild and unusual range of vocal chords. In the Bonesetter’s Daughter Opera, Wu Tong will not only play the suona, but he also has a role as a Taoist priest who chants during key passages of the opera. His voice is deep and raspy, but vibrant like the suona. What he’s chanting is a distinctive mix of Chinese tones and Western melodies.

Wu Tong drives a Range Rover, which I must admit is quite a comfortable ride. Gas prices are also rising here in China, (now at 6.60 RMB/liter or about $3.67/gallon at today’s exchange rates), but from what I can tell, many Chinese also prize the same large motor vehicles that sell so well in the U.S.

Our destination was rehearsals with Stewart Wallace, the composer of the opera, with whom we had traveled to China. Together with another suona player, Wu Tong and Stewart worked through the part of the opera called “Between Worlds,” a raucous musical bridge that takes the audience from the world of the living into the world of the dead. Stewart’s score is rhythmic and stirs the feet to dance, while Zuo Jicheng put a distinctly jazzy sound on his suona.


Stewart Wallace, Wu Tong, and Zuo Jicheng rehearsing the Bonesetter’s Daughter Opera.

The weather has been very kind so far — pretty cool, only occasional drizzles. But the air is so clogged with haze and pollution that visibility is no farther than one city block! It’s also really dark, but I can’t tell if that’s the brooding rain clouds or the smog. I’m not sure how we’ll get any decent visuals of this city — it’s a similar problem to what we had in Shanghai. It’s hard to imagine how this place will look when thousands of people swarm in for the Olympics. I’m holding out for nice visuals once we hit the countryside.

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At The Crossroads: the documentary

May 1st, 2008 · 3 Comments

Naomi & Joy on outreach

At The Crossroads: the documentary
Premiere: May 13, 2008 6:30-9 pm
Great American Music Hall

859 O’Farrell Street, San Francisco, CA

Watch the video: Large (35MB) || Small (17MB)
(Quicktime, TRT 15:30)

This documentary journeys into the world and work of At The Crossroads, a San Francisco organization that works with homeless youth and young adults. Counselors go on outreach four nights a week in the Mission and Downtown neighborhoods and hand out supplies to the youth they meet. Through that, they form relationships with youth and work with them to build healthy and fulfilling lives

Producer/Director/Camera: Monica Lam
Editor/Additional Camera: Thomas Benton
Original Music by: Daoud
Interviewer: Molly Rhodes

For more information about the event: http://www.atthecrossroads.org/event/

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San Francisco Opera at the cinema

March 8th, 2008 · No Comments

SF Opera logo

San Francisco Opera brings six operas to the silver screen
March - Summer, 2008
Castro Theatre, San Francisco, CA

(for a full schedule, see sfopera.com/cinecast.asp)

The San Francisco Opera has captured six operas in high definition digital format for cinema. La Rondine, Samson and Delilah, Don Giovanni, and Madama Butterfly are at the head of the lineup, and will be playing at the historic Castro Theatre in San Francisco, from March through April.

I contributed to this project as a consulting producer. For a full schedule of the operas, screening dates and times, go to: sfopera.com/cinecast.asp

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Mercury and whaling in Taiji, Japan | New York Times

March 1st, 2008 · 1 Comment

A February 21, 2008 article in the New York Times, “Mercury Taint Divides a Japanese Whaling Town,” told the story of the remote Japanese port of Taiji, where a centuries-old whaling tradition is being threatened by mercury pollution. I was struck by the similarities between Taiji, Japan, and what I saw happening in the Faroe Islands, where I spent a summer covering whale hunting and mercury. Both the Faroe Islands and the port of Taiji are home to small, self-reliant cultures that have practiced whaling for generations. Both places were able to resist international attention when environmental protestors came to vilify whaling, asserting that their methods were sustainable. But now both Taiji in the Pacific Ocean and the Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic are finding that there’s a new, unexpected threat to their culture: the detrimental effects of methyl mercury that accumulates in the bodies of whales and other large sea mammals.

To read the article:

Mercury Taint Divides a Japanese Whaling Town Mercury Taint Divides a Japanese Whaling Town

February 21, 2008,

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At The Crossroads pledge

February 10th, 2008 · 1 Comment

ATC Campaign logo

I’ve just embarked on a new fund-raising and film-making project: to make a documentary film for a non-profit organization that works with homeless youth in San Francisco, called At The Crossroads. THANK YOU to all the people who have supported this campaign so far!

At The Crossroads works with some of the hardest to reach kids, the ones who have been turned away by every other organization or shelter. Yet ATC defines success as not simply “getting clean and getting off the streets” but as realizing dreams: finding love, happiness, and a fulfilling career. It’s a great reminder to me, too, of what’s important in life.

But ATC’s work can be hard to explain because they work on the streets at night and the process is nuanced. So a documentary video is an essential tool for them to spread the word about their work and to continue raising funds to support it. They’re also celebrating their 10th Anniversary this year, so the time is right.

To check on my progress with the film, learn about the amazing work of At The Crossroads or to make a tax-deductible credit card or check donation, visit: http://campaign.atthecrossroads.org/campaign.php?id=Monicazlam

Or check out some of the other campaign pledges — including ones to quit smoking, lose weight, and learn to drive.

Monica with camera at Berkeley Art Museum

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Mercury in tuna sushi | New York Times

January 23rd, 2008 · 1 Comment

Today’s front-page article in the New York Times, “High Mercury Levels Are Found in Tuna Sushi Sold in Manhattan” (1/23/08) reported that tuna sushi from a number of Manhattan restaurants and stores were found to have elevated levels of mercury. The study concluded that eating a meal of six pieces of sushi once a week from most of 20 Manhattan restaurants and stores surveyed would exceed the EPA’s recommended limit on mercury intake.

This study, initiated by the New York Times and conducted with the help of area scientists, is a reminder that methylmercury pollution of the ocean affects everyone, from urban foodies to people who rely on seafood for subsistence. I first became interested in methylmercury in the food chain when I went to the remote Faroe Islands to report on how mercury was affecting this North Atlantic fishing culture. There I saw firsthand how global pollution affects small communities and traditional diets, and how the Faroese were already spearheading research into mercury’s effects on the body.

I don’t rely on a seafood diet for survival, but I feel a distinct pang of regret when I think about cutting back on the delicious, delicate delight of sushi — in my case, a luxury. But for many people around the world, the choice may not be so simple.

To read the article:

High Mercury Levels Are Found In Tuna Sushi Sold in Manhattan High Mercury Levels Are Found In Tuna Sushi Sold in Manhattan

By MARIAN BURROS, New York Times, Jan. 23, 2008

Follow-up article:

Warnings Don’t Deter Lovers of Sushi Warnings Don’t Deter Lovers of Sushi

New York Times, Jan. 24, 2008

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Beginnings: the groundbreaking of the Creation Museum

January 11th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Ken Ham speaks at groundbreaking

Florence, KY, March 2001 — A small crowd was gathered to watch the ground-breaking ceremony of the Creation Museum, a project that wanted passionately to combine the best of a natural history museum with the strictest of interpretations of the Bible. The vision of Answers in Genesis, the group behind the Creation Museum, was in fact a vivid one: to bring to three-dimensional, colorful tangibility a story that many have long regarded as mythology. The Creation Museum, so the people gathered here hoped, would tell the tale of how the world was made, and it would be narrated by the Bible’s book of Genesis.

This was all before 9/11, when the country was still innocent, in many ways, of the power of religion in politics. At least the kind of power that religion now holds in politics, both here in the United States and abroad. Snowflakes were falling and we were all shivering, but that didn’t stop many from joining in a ceremonial digging at the frozen ground. Families posed for photographs, holding shovels spray-painted in gold in their mittened hands.

I didn’t know at the time what this ground-breaking ceremony would lead to. It was hard to imagine that the half-dead field of weeds we stood in would ever be much more than that. But as I would follow the progress of Answers in Genesis and the building of the Creation Museum over the next several years, I would learn many things. About dinosaurs, about religion, and about the questions that are close to the heart of America.

Dinosaurs in Eden is an on-going documentary project. Keep checking back for more essays and video in the coming weeks. Photo: Robert Huber

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