5 Lessons and 9 Questions About Chinatown's primary photo
  • 5 Lessons and 9 Questions About Chinatown (2009)
  • Short | 10 min | Short, History
Primary photo for 5 Lessons and 9 Questions About Chinatown
5 Lessons and 9 Questions About Chinatown (2009)
Short | 10 min | Short, History
You live somewhere, walk down the same street 50, 100, 10,000 times, each time taking in fragments, but never fully registering The Place. Years, decades go by and you continue, unseeing, possibly unseen. A building comes down, and before ...See moreYou live somewhere, walk down the same street 50, 100, 10,000 times, each time taking in fragments, but never fully registering The Place. Years, decades go by and you continue, unseeing, possibly unseen. A building comes down, and before the next one is up you ask yourself 'what used to be there?' You are only vaguely aware of the district's shifting patterns and the sense that, since the 19th century, wave after wave of inhabitants have moved through and transformed these alleyways, tenements, stoops and shops. 10 square blocks, past, present, future, time, light, movement, immigration, exclusion, gentrification, racism, history, China, America, 3 languages, 13 voices, 152 years, 17,820 frames, 9 minutes, 54 seconds, 9 questions, 5 lessons, Chinatown Written by Anonymous See less
Read more: Plot summary
Director
Shelly Silver
Writer
Shelly Silver (screenplay)
Producer
Karin Chien
Cinematographer
Shelly Silver
See all filmmakers & crew (20)
Trending

Become a member to see MOVIEmeter and news information about 5 Lessons and 9 Questions About Chinatown.
Status
Edit Released
Updated Oct 31, 2009
Release date
Oct 2009 (United States)
Awards
1 nomination

Contacts

+ Add

Become a member to see contact information for 5 Lessons and 9 Questions About Chinatown.

Cast

 + Add Cast
3 cast members
Name Known for
Johnson Chong's primary photo
Johnson Chong
Actor (voice) Actor (voice)   See fewer
We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
Wai Ching Ho's primary photo
Wai Ching Ho
Actress (voice) Actress (voice)   See fewer
Daredevil (2015)
Yu Lu's primary photo
Yu Lu
Actor (voice) Actor (voice)   See fewer
Hollywood Ending (2002)
There was an issue loading this tab.
There was an issue loading this tab.
There was an issue loading this tab.
There was an issue loading this tab.
There was an issue loading this tab.
There was an issue loading this tab.
There was an issue loading this tab.
There was an issue loading this tab.

MOVIEmeter

Members only

Become a member to access additional data

Ratings Breakdown

2 external links (official website, website)