Kim is best known as the genius behind of Kim's Fashion Design, a staple of Boston's luxury Copley Place Mall since 2000.
LESS IS KNOWN ABOUT HER
T R E M E N D O U S A C T S O F H E R O I S M.
Part 1: The Documentary
The immediate purpose of this profile-style documentary is to preserve verbatim the words of Kim Pham, and those surviving witnesses who significantly shaped her narrative. Its secondary design is to serve as a forerunner, and ideally fundraising piece, for our project's final stage: the TV show "Daughter Dragon".
by Clare Ong
THE ONLY BILINGUAL CHINESE-ENGLISH NEWSPAPER IN NEW ENGLAND
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Part 2: The MINI SERIES
Daughter Dragon, prod. date tba
An up-and-coming dramatized live-action version of Kim Pham's personal account, supplemented by reliable auxiliary accounts contextualizing Kim's story within the real environment in which it took place.
The show will span from Kim's early childhood up to the founding of DDP, when Kim realized her dream of educating people on what she lived through and was able to accomplish in spite of the greatest odds. Locations include Vietnam, Malaysia, The Philippines, and The United States of America.
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DBA Daughter Dragon Productions (DDP) is a Massachusetts-based independent motion picture production and distribution company founded in July, 2021 expressly to facilitate this two-part project. DDP is almost entirely donation-funded and volunteer-run.
WHAT WE ARE
WHO WE ARE
We are for the most part a coalition of undergraduate college students attending both Boston University and Columbia University, based in Boston Massachusetts, and New York City, New York, respectively. Our team is led by women and made up primarily of students with East Asian backgrounds
WHY WE ARE
DDP exists because of a shared, vested interest in publicizing Kim Pham's miraculous and highly relevant narrative through the universal language of visual media, and with Kim's direct input. We feel that this two-part project has the potential to significantly impact how the Vietnamese diaspora is imagined both at home and abroad.
OUR CREATIVE TEAM
SOPHIE ARNSTEIN
Sophie has been conducting research for this project, Daughter Dragon, since the summer of 2021. In 2022, she established Daughter Dragon Productions and secured a 501(c)(3) fiscal sponsorship with the non-profit Cambridge Community Center for the Arts. This spring, 2023, Sophie independently journeyed to Vietnam, Malaysia, and the Philippines, where she conducted primary source interviews and visited two of the refugee camps where Kim Pham once found sanctuary.
CLARE ONG
I am a driven, dedicated and ambitious worker with an aptitude for creative fields and the humanities. I am a fast learner and a problem-solver, who is forward-thinking and enjoys taking initiative. Photography is my main forte, however, I have excellent knowledge videography, graphic design, writing, digital communication, and visual art.
EMANUEL FARHI
As a creative individual, I bring projects to the next level, whether it comes to film and video to 2d art forms. I leverage my strong administrative and team-based skills to enhance the quality of my work. I also bring personal touch of personal authenticity to my video work with fluency in programs such as AVID Media Composer and Abode Premiere.
THE DRAGON STORY
The name Daughter Dragon Productions derives from the affinity between Sophie Arnstein, our founder, and Kim Pham, the principal subject of our first, ongoing campaign; both women were born in the year of the dragon—2000 and 1952, respectively—and after Kim remarked that the pair were akin to “mother dragon and daughter dragon,” no other title felt quite as right.
We Need YOUR Help!
Our current budget disallows us from pursuing our projects to their fullest cinematic potential. For example, our inability to travel directly inhibits the overall caliber of our documentary, as it significantly limits the range and quality of the interviews that we can conduct and incorporate.
Your financial sponsorship will have an immediate impact on Daughter Dragon Productions; whether you gift us $10 or $10,000, your donation will significantly enhance our capacity to authentically and thoroughly tell Kim Pham's story.
Two Ways To Make a Financial Contribution
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Tax Deduction via the
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.
To make a tax deductible donation to DDP, click this link: INDIVIDUAL GIVING. You will be redirected to the CCCA website, where further instructions are available. We suggest utilizing the "online donation form," which will generate a receipt once submitted. EMAIL YOUR RECEIPT to daughterdragonproductions@gmail.com to ensure that your contribution is complete.
Don't hesitate to reach out to the same address with any questions, concerns, or comments!
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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.
Grants AND Recognition
CJC Grant for The Arts
When she sadly passed in 2010, the Irene Tilenius Bloom Prize was created to gift and support young Barnard students in research.
CJC Grant for The Arts
This grant is open only to current Barnard students* To fund expenses related to senior theses or other independent projects in film, studio art, dance, theater, or related fields.
