To celebrate our 10th year we have a special $8 screening of Dìdi !

Friday, October 4, 2024 at AMC Eastridge, San Jose
7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Q&A with - David A. Liu, Producer, Dìdi
Moderated by Yvonne Y. Kwon,  SJSU Associate Professor for Asian American Studies

-All films and guests are subject to change without notice-

Dìdi

Dìdi (Chinese: 弟弟; lit. 'Younger Brother') is a 2024 American coming-of-age comedy drama film, written, directed, and produced by Sean Wang in his directorial debut.

In 2008, during the last month of summer before high school begins, an impressionable 13-year-old Taiwanese American boy learns what his family can't teach him: how to skate, how to flirt, and how to love his mum.

Q&A GUESTS

  • Dave Liu

    Executive Producer - Dave Liu

    Dave A. Liu is a 30-year veteran of Wall Street, Silicon Valley, and Hollywood. He is an advisor, author, entrepreneur, investor, filmmaker, and philanthropist.

    He started his career on Wall Street with Goldman Sachs and then joined Jefferies, where he rose from the entry-level to the executive rank of Managing Director and Co-Head of Digital Media and Internet investment banking. He worked on $15 billion of transactions for hundreds of companies including Microsoft, Google, Yahoo, and Yelp.

    After retiring from Wall Street, he became an entrepreneur and started four companies in technology, merchant banking, asset management, and media. One of his companies reached $200 million in revenue and 1,000 employees. Through his merchant bank, he is CEO advisor and investor to tech companies, many of which have achieved multi-billion dollar status in valuation, including internet brands WebMD, MobilityWare, FIGS, and Vobile. His consumer investments include Philz Coffee and Francesca’s.

    Dave is involved in the entertainment industry with investments in Stampede and TEG+, production companies

    majority founded by Asian Americans. He is a member of Catalyst, the Sundance Institute’s film financing

    program, and invests in Asian American filmmakers. He was previously CEO advisor to ProSiebenSat.1 Media, one of the largest media companies in Europe.

  • Moderator - Yvonne Kwan

    Yvonne Kwan is an Associate Professor of Asian American Studies at San Jose State. In collaboration with the County of Santa Clara and the Japanese American Museum of San Jose, Dr. Kwan is the principal investigator of the AAPI Perspectives Oral History Project, which features an oral history archive of local AAPI Activists and K-12 curriculum modules. Find out more at JAMsj.org.