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Kim Pham tried to leave Vietnam 14 times before finally making it out. But before she left, she first ensured the safe passage of nearly 500 of her fellow asylum seekers by way of an ingenious secret escape plan.

 

By 2000, Kim Pham had a spot for her atelier, Kim's Fashion Design, in Copley Place, the most luxurious shopping center in the entire city of Boston, USA. Now, 25 years later, she remains the mall's only surviving small business, working 10+ hour days alongside the likes of BOSS, Gucci, Ferragamo, YSL, Fendi and Moncler.

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In Daughter Dragon Productions' anticipated 40-minute documentary, Kim Pham's astonishing narrative is presented in a sobering series of primary source interviews, b-roll shot on location in Boston and across Southeast Asia, and archival material from Kim's personal family records.

 

 A Tailors Journey (2023)
Directed by Clare Ong

A Daughter Dragon Productions production: A Tailor's Journey (2023) is the original, short-form version of Kim Pham's story. Available on both YOUTUBE and SAMPAN, the only bilingual Chiense-English newspaper in New England.

 

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WHAT WE ARE

DBA Daughter Dragon Productions (DDP) is a Massachusetts-based independent motion picture production and distribution company founded in July, 2021.

WHO WE ARE

Our team is a women-led coalition of motivated young filmmakers from a diverse array of cultural backgrounds, including American, Jewish-American, Singaporean, Taiwanese and Vietnamese.

WHY WE ARE

DDP was created to tell Kim Pham's epic journey, with Kim's direct input. We believe that our project has the power to revolutionize how Vietnamese "Boat People" are imagined both at home and abroad.

Grants AND Recognition

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Irene Tilenius Bloom Prize (2023)

Each year, the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures at Barnard College of Columbia University selects one exceptional undergraduate scholar to be gifted this monetary prize in support of academic research toward her independent project(s)

CJC Grant for The Arts (2023)

A competitive fellowship at Barnard College of Columbia University, this internal grant is designed to fund expenses related to senior theses or other independent projects in film, studio art, dance, theater, or related fields. We received the top prize.

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THE ONLY BILINGUAL CHINESE-ENGLISH NEWSPAPER IN NEW ENGLAND

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Global Career Accelerator (2024)

Tier 2 Bursary Winner on submission of A Tailor's Journey (2023).

We Need YOUR Help!

Your financial sponsorship will have an immediate impact on Daughter Dragon Productions; your donation will significantly enhance our capacity to authentically and thoroughly tell Kim Pham's story.

At this time, we are raising money in order to subsidize the following expenses:

  • Translation and transcription​

  • Editing software

  • Transportation

  • Craft services

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Two Ways To Make a Financial Contribution

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Tax Deduction via the 
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DDP has an active Model C Fiscal Sponsorship under the Brookline Community Center for the Arts, Inc. ((BCCA) DBA CCCA), a Massachusetts not-for-profit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) public charitable corporation. Donations made to DDP through the BCCA are eligible for tax deductions; the BCCA serves as an umbrella organization for receipt, management, and regranting of charitable funds gifted to DDP.

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Convenience via GoFundMe

Donating to DDP through GoFundMe is a viable and expedient option. As with the other method of support, it is imperative that you  EMAIL YOUR RECEIPT to daughterdragonproductions@gmail.com.

OUR CREATIVE TEAM

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Sophie Arnstein, Executive Producer

The founder and visionary behind Daughter Dragon Productions, Sophie Arnstein studied East Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University in New York City, with a focus on Premodern Japan and Contemporary Vietnam.

Sophie is currently employed by Moving Still Productions Inc. as their International Outreach Coordinator.

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Clare Ong, Director and Associate Producer

Clare Ong is a 4th year undergraduate student at Boston University with a major in Film & TV studies, and a double minor in Journalism and Marine Biology. 

Clare is the director of both A Tailor's Journey (2023) and the 40 minute documentary currently in production at Daughter Dragon Productions. She personally selected our crew, which she captains.

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Hui-En (Benson) Lin, Associate Producer

Benson graduated from the Boston University School of Communications in 2024, with a BA in Film & TV studies.

In 2024, Benson enrolled at Emerson College, where he is pursuing a MAster's degree in Strategic Marketing and Communications.

THE DRAGON STORY

The name Daughter Dragon Productions emerged after Kim Pham  remarked that she and Sophie Arnstein, our Executive Producer, were “mother dragon and daughter dragon.” It helped that both women were born the same year in the zodiac cycle: 1952 and 2000, respectively.

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Thanks for submitting!

©2023 by Sophie Arnstein

Thank you to Alana Clarke for helping us designing our dragon logo, and to Emmanuel Farhi for his time building this website.

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