Jon M. Chu On Film And Belonging

Latino USA

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Society & Culture

4.9 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2021

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

As “In the Heights” hits theaters one year after its original release date, we talk to director Jon M. Chu about why he thinks immigrant narratives deserve to be summer blockbusters. Chu tells us about his youth as a child of Chinese and Taiwanese immigrants, and the role that TV and film played in his family’s sense of belonging. After a successful career directing large budget franchise movies for over a decade, Chu talks about the reckoning that led him to fight for movies like “Crazy Rich Asians” and now, the movie adaptation of “In the Heights.”

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0:08.6	official ever to face trial in the US for his alleged ties to the infamous drug lord, El
0:15.4	Chappo.
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0:19.3	It's like true crime, myths, telenovela.
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0:34.1	Hi, my name is Ani Ramos.
0:42.4	I'm 19 years old, and I'm born and raised here in Washington Heights.
0:46.4	I'm Sandra Dregas, I'm 27.
0:49.1	Tracy McNeil, I'm 43.
0:51.7	My name is Lennon, and my age is seven.
0:54.9	I wake up and I got this little punk, I got a chisel, we popped the grate at the cricket
0:58.9	dawn sink, we're up down the on and how y'all going on.
1:03.8	So we are in Washington Heights, also known as Little Dominican Republic, like on Google
1:08.6	Maps.
1:09.6	It's in Upper Manhattan, and we're at the In the Heights premiere, crazy, literally
1:14.9	insane.
1:15.9	I'm so happy that I'm here.
1:17.4	And we're at this most gorgeous movie theater in the United Palace.
1:22.2	This movie theater has been here all my life, I've been here all my life.
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