Supercapitalist - the film - NYTimes article

Friends Derek Ting and Joyce Yung are busy in the US going from premiers in NYC, DC, holding Q&A sessions to sold out audiences!!! They are on to SF and LA for more. I was lucky to be in NYC for the screening at the AAIFF (Asian American Int'l Film Fest) and the after-show party. 

Read Chrystia Freeland's article in the NYTimes here:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/17/world/asia/17iht-letter17.html?_r=1

The article accurately describes the issues of capitalism as well as cultural identity and the notion of national identity in the era of globalization.

"Another notion, which is touched on by the film and figures prominently in Mr. Ting’s own life, is how, for today’s generation of hyphenated Americans, the American dream is being inverted. It remains a central truth on the presidential campaign trail that the United States is the land of opportunity, to which the world’s huddled masses continue to flock. But the protagonist of “Supercapitalist” is the son of immigrants who seeks his fortune by going back to his family’s homeland. "

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrM5uOrBotA