This episode features distinguished Duke Asian American alumni working across the entertainment industry and sharing their career paths, creative processes, and experiences at the intersection of representation, race and storytelling.

Presented in collaboration with Duke Asian American & Diaspora Studies, Duke Asian Alumni Alliance, Duke’s Asian Students Association and Duke Undergraduate Certificate in East Asian Studies.

Panel

Moderated by Daniel Kim ’21, aspiring screenwriter/filmmaker in the 2020-2021 StudioDuke program and recipient of the 2020 Benenson Award in the Arts, our panel features:

Geeta Patel ’98, Emmy-nominated Writer/Director (House of the Dragon: The Game of Thrones Prequel, The Great, The Mindy Project, Fresh Off The Boat)

King Lu ’15, Screenwriter/Director (From June to July)

Wenny Katzenstein MBA ‘03, VP, Marketing Strategy, Funimation/Sony Pictures Television

Angela Zhou ’14, Actor (Promising Young Woman, Hell on Wheels)

Read a transcript of this episode here.

Our theme song is "Carolina" by Cameron Thompkins '13.

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