Jiayan “Jenny” Shi

Documentary Filmmaker, Video Journalist

After a young Chinese student goes missing on an American university campus, her family travels to the U.S. for the first time, hoping to unravel the mystery of her disappearance.

Finding Yingying

From deep red to true blue, Asian Americans represent a spectrum of political identifications, and their varied voting habits inform the ongoing dialogue around race, whiteness, and voter suppression in the US. Focusing intently on Chinese American electoral organizing in the key swing states of North Carolina and Ohio from the presidential election of 2016 to the 2018 midterms, director Yi Chen's important examination of the intersection of immigration, voting rights, and racial justice is essential viewing in this important election year.

First Vote

In post-industrial Ohio, a Chinese billionaire opens a factory in an abandoned General Motors plant, hiring two thousand Americans. Early days of hope and optimism give way to setbacks as high-tech China clashes with working-class America.

Jiayan “Jenny” Shi

Documentary Filmmaker, Video Journalist

Finding Yingying

First Vote

American Factory