Episode 37: Love Boat Taiwan, Taiwanese Diaspora, Violence against Asians with Valerie Soe

Director, writer, and professor Valerie Soe joins Sean to share her creative journey and the making of her newest documentary: Love Boat: Taiwan

You can watch Love Boat here: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/loveboattaiwan

and you can watch more of Valerie's activist-oriented films here:

Picturing Oriental Girls

The Chinese Gardens

Notes:

1. Valerie gives her thoughts and action items in reaction to the recent violence on Asian Americans (3:27)
2. Valerie shares her career path as a multi-disciplinary artist and professor. (17:40)
3. As well as her activist history, and how she sees the new generation of activists (20:58)
4. Valerie's thoughts on the recent growth of Asian Americans on screen and how we should think about what we want to see next. (Hint: more creators behind the camera) (28:00)
5. Valerie's experience making Love Boat (32:17)
6. Sean asks Valerie about how making Love Boat helped inform her about Chinese diaspora identity (40:58)
7. Valerie shares what she learned about Love Boat as a strategy for the Taiwan gov to spread policy (52:52)
8. And finally, what surprised her the most while making the documentary. (57:03)

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