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Filmmaker S. Leo Chiang reflects on the relations between Taiwan and China in the Oscar nominated short "Island in Between" streaming from The New York Times Op-Docs. Leo travels to the Kinmen Islands that belong to Taiwan, but lie near the coast of China on the front lines of geopolitics.
Pure Nonfiction host Thom Powers interviews Leo about the film and his career working between the United States, Taiwan and China. Leo discusses his 2019 documentary Our Time Machine, the PBS series Asian Americans, the creation of the Asian American Documentary Network, A-Doc, and his collaborations with Jean Tsien who was interviewed on episode 130.
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127: Remembering Robert Fisk
126: Loira Limbal on “Through the Night”
125: Garrett Bradley on “Time”
124: Jeff Orlowski on “The Social Dilemma”
123: Yoruba Richen on Breonna Taylor & Harry Belafonte
122: Free hajooj kuka
121: Mark Cousins’ Cinematic Road Trips
120: Cameron Bailey on #TIFF20 and Planet Africa
119: Going Undercover with “The Mole Agent”
118: Meet Ja’Tovia Gary
117: The Making of McMillion$
116: Iyabo Boyd of Brown Girls Doc Mafia
115: Uncovering China's "One Child Nation"
114: "For Sama" Inside Syria
113: Inside "American Factory"
112: Sundance 2020 Preview
111: Profiling Toni Morrison
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