Popo’s Home (25-min documentary)
Today, millions of seniors in China are looking for a place where they can find companionship and support, both physically and mentally. My 82-year-old Popo has found her home.
Directed/Shot/Produced/Edited by Mengchen Zhang
Voice Over by Mengchen Zhang
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14 Street Coalition vs MTA: L Train Shutdown
The hundred-year-old New York Public Transition system has been complained all the time but not many people really did something about it – except for this time, a group of residents in West Village officially started a lawsuit against the MTA and theDepartment of Transportation.
Shot/Produced/Edited by Mengchen Zhang
Voice Over by Mengchen Zhang
Dual Language Program: will it be threatened by gentrification?
P.S.20 in the Lower East Side is one of the public schools in NYC that provides dual-language program, which allows its students to receive education on two different languages. It benefits both immigrant and non-immigrant children in a way that the former can learn things in their mother-tongue while improving their English, and the latter can get exposed to a totally new language. But with the gentrification going on rapidly, the school is now having trouble recruiting immigrant students. If the ratio cannot be maintained, the program would no longer be held.
Shot/Produced/Edited by Mengchen Zhang
Voice Over by Mengchen Zhang
Directed/Produced/Shot/Edited by Mengchen Zhang
Additional Camera: Meredith Lawrence, Ai Di
Gaffer: Mengchen Zhang, Mia Jacobs
Choreography: Jessica Li
Featuring Kate He, Solomon Abell
Micah Pegues and Her Story with Polychrome Mag
“21 under 21”: Micah Pegues started her magazine as a platform to showcase the creative works by people of color.
Shot/Produced/Edited by Mengchen Zhang
Martinez Hand Rolled Cigar: A Neighborhood Gathering Place
Jesus Martinez is the second generation immigrant from the Dominican Republic. What came and settled here are not only the family but the traditional hand-roll cigar that is now gradually replaced by the machine.
Shot/Produced/Edited by Mengchen Zhang
Animated/Voice Over by Mengchen Zhang
Composting & Brown Bins in Flushing, Queens
Department of Sanitation rolls out a new curbside composting program as a way to meet its goal of Zero Waste 2030. Follow the reporter to see how it goes in downtown Flushing, Queens.
Shot/Produced/Edited by Mengchen Zhang
Voice Over by Mengchen Zhang
Downtown Flushing is a rising new Chinatown in Queens with a large immigrant population. Like some other places in the City, the trash issue has been brought up by people living there.
Shot/Produced/Edited by Mengchen Zhang
Animated/Voice Over by Mengchen Zhang
Artist Profile: Qiaoyan Jiang, A Mother, A Student, and An Artist
Qiaoyan Jiang lives with her daughter in Flushing, Queens since she started her arts and language studies here in NYC. Recently, she holds her personal exhibit in the Flushing townhall. As a Chinese artist just came here, her artworks bring her a sense of achievement and also many new friends.
Shot/Produced/Edited by Mengchen Zhang
Voice Over by Mengchen Zhang
The Xinanjiang Dam was built in the 1960s at the price that over 300,000 local people lost their home. The electricity it generating is no longer prominent by today’s standard. But the reservoir upstream is coveted by people in the big city like Shanghai and Hangzhou whose water resource is polluted.
Shot/Produced/Edited by Mengchen Zhang Animated by Mengchen Zhang
Voice Over by Brian Salter
Mengchen Zhang 