Joe Chang

潘天寿

Joe Chang

Pan Tianshou was a Chinese painter and art educator in the 1960s. He studied Chinese traditional painting and built the foundation of Chinese traditional painting education. He was persecuted during the Cultural Revolution until his death in 1971.

The Chinese Violin

Joe Chang

Lulu Li

In this animated short, a young girl and her father move from China to Canada, bringing only their Chinese violin along for the journey. As they face the challenge of starting fresh in a new place, the music of the violin connects them to the life they left behind and guides the girl towards a musical future.

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Joe Chang

Faith Callaway, Nesey Gallons

Daniel Crane is a semi-famous performance artist traveling and touring around the country, entertaining small audiences in the living rooms of houses with his awkward and sometimes alienating acts. On Halloween weekend, he finds himself back home, staying with his kid sister, Dorothy. Along with Dorothy's roommate Cassie, they set out on a trip their old hometown, discovering the things they once remembered are vanishing, and realizing things they've kept inside themselves since childhood never go away.