FACE OF A NATION
FACE OF A NATION
In large part because of the influence of our film,
U.S. Congress approved $25 million to support a U.S. Pavilion for the 1st time since the end of the Cold War in 1991!
Smithsonian Magazine cites the Face of a Nation film in the article
“The Rise and Fall of World’s Fairs”
by
Grant Wong
AN publishes
“Suspended in a spectacle: Public Diplomacy at Expo 2020” by Mina Chow and Beverly Payeff-Masey
Our team travels as part of the
U.S.A. Pavilion Cultural Program
to the Dubai World Expo.
Mina’s Dad died.
Mina Chow was elevated to The College of Fellows of The American Institute of Architects for her notable contributions to the advancement of the profession of architecture and society.
AN publishes
“With the media burning and a virus raging, should we look to architecture?” by Mina Chow
H.R.4842 Expo Act of 2019 passes the U.S. House of Representatives due to our film.
AN publishes
“Delinquent in Dubai: We need to tell America’s BEST story in the Middle East” by Mina Chow.
Invitation to visit the U.S. Department of State.
U.S. Department of State links to our film website.
We have an upcoming screening in Washington, DC at the ADFF DC on February 25, 2018.
We also have upcoming screenings in Los Angeles at the ADFF LA between March 14-18, 2018.
Engaging with the U.S. Department of State Expo Unit in San Francisco and Stanford University.
1st screening at the 21st Sonoma Int’l Film Festival.
West Coast Premiere at the Los Angeles Theater Center.
DC Premiere at the National Building Museum.
We are accepted into the 21st Sonoma Int’l Film Festival.
Our World Premiere was a HUGE SUCCESS!
THANK YOU SO MUCH for coming to the screenings at the Cinepolis in Chelsea, Manhattan, NYC!
World Premiere in NYC at the Chelsea Cinepolis.
We are world-premiering at the Architecture and Design Film Festival (ADFF) in NYC on Nov. 3-4, 2017!
We are accepted into our 1st film Festival. Ultimately, the film was accepted into (4) Architecture and Design Film Festivals.
We are waiting to hear from a few select film festivals.
We completed our film! 7 years in the making.
Sound design at Post Haste Digital/
Recording original score with an Emmy Award-winning composer.
Mina’s mom died.
We locked picture!
Film fundraiser hosted by Rodney Stone.
Our composer is creating our original score.
Another sleepless night problem-solving.
3:33 am PST: The film woke me up again.
Jack Masey died.
Inspired by the end of American Beauty for our own film ending.
1st work-in-progress screening with women filmmakers.
Mom and Dad's 50th wedding anniversary.
Swimming through 5 years of research: 1200+ pages of interviews, (155 pages in Mandarin), 620 images, 128 newspaper articles, 71 film clips from private sources, Internet Archive, YouTube, Vimeo, 35 DVD copies from the National Archives, 16 books...
Fundraiser at the National Center for the Preservation of Democracy/Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles.