THANK YOU!!! HEARTFELT GRATITUDE TO THE 102 DONORS WHO SUPPORTED OUR CAMPAIGN!
Is it still possible to contribute? YES!
By check: tax-deductible donations can be made by check payable to: “Chinese Historical Society of Southern California” with “Chinese in Hollywood” in the memo. Mailing address:CHSSC 411 Bernard Street Los Angeles, CA 90012.
By Paypal – tax-deductible donations can be sent via Paypal to chssc@hotmail.com.
By phone – call the CHSSC office at (323) 222-0856 and we will help you!
Our Indiegogo campaign covers 1/3 of the cost of the book. So anything we make over our goal helps us out of the hole!
Special thanks to Phil Yu at angryasianman.com for the shoutout here!
Special thanks to Anna Almendrala at the HUFFINGTON POST for the great article!
THE BOOK
This book of photographs celebrates the contributions of Chinese and Chinese Americans to the film and television industries - as well as those who lived and worked in the Hollywood area. The time period spans the silent film era to the present.
The authors are Chinese Historical Society of Southern California (CHSSC) and board member Jenny Cho. Founded in 1975, the mission of CHSSC is to preserve and promote the history of Chinese Americans to a wide audience. The publisher is Arcadia Publishing.
WHAT WE NEED
We have supported ourselves through the first two years of writing this book and now we need $3000 to make it to the home stretch. CHSSC is a 501c(3) non-profit run entirely on donations.
To raise funds, we are taking pre-orders for the book, which will be released around Christmas 2013, and pairing them with various perks.
Why Chinese in Hollywood?
I'm Jenny Cho, author and board member of the Chinese Historical Society of Southern California. I've been researching Chinese American history for ten years.
I wrote this book for future generations so they could learn about pioneers such as director Marion Wong, who made the first Chinese American silent film in 1916 - as well as the transcendent Anna May Wong and her peers, Keye Luke, Benson Fong, Victor Senyoung, and more. Photos document the first Asian American musical - Flower Drum Song - and its superstar Nancy Kwan.
This is my third and final book in a photographic series about Chinese Americans. The first two are available on Amazon.com here: http://tinyurl.com/chinatownla
Other Ways You Can Help
Please help us spread the word about this campaign. Share our link on your Facebook page or tell someone who might be interested in the subject.
You can also leave comments on our Indiegogo page here, which will increase our Gogo Factor and help drive traffic to the campaign.
Special acknowledgment to Nancy Kwan, Esther Lee Johnson, Al Leong, Jeff Chan, Tom Lin, Nancy Wong, Curtis Choy, James, Susan and April Hong, O.C. Lee, Tom Eng, the family of Marion and Violet Wong, Marcella Wong Yahashiro, Gregory Mark, the Chinese American Museum, Donna Carrell and the family of Moy Ming, Don Lee and the James Wong Howe estate, the family of Dong Kingman, Margie Lew, Tyrus Wong, Milton Quon and his family, Sherrill Quon, Arthur Dong, Glenn, Chris and Brandon SooHoo, Jennifer Lee, the board of the Chinese Historical Society of Southern California, and Mary Ebersole.
I would also like to thank David Wells, whose blog is an invaluable resource on Chinese and Chinese American film history: http://softfilm.blogspot.com/
