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Kim Pham is best known for Kim’s Fashion Design, her Boston-based alteration and retail clothing brand,

 LESS IS KNOWN ABOUT KIM'S

T R E M E N D O U S  A C T S  O F  H E R O I S M.

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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

We are a coalition of volunteer college students and recent graduates. Our team, which is led by women, features students from a diverse array of cultural backgrounds.

WHY WE ARE

DDP was born from a vested interest in memorializing Kim Pham's epic journey, with Kim's direct input. We believe that this  project has the potential to significantly impact how the Vietnamese diaspora is imagined both at home and abroad.

 A Tailors Journey (2023)

As seen on

A short film by Clare Ong

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THE ONLY BILINGUAL CHINESE-ENGLISH NEWSPAPER IN NEW ENGLAND

Directed by Boston University Film & Journalism, and Marine Biology student Clare Ong, A Tailor's Journey (2023) serves as the teaser to DDP's  mid-length documentary about Kim Pham, projected to screen next spring, 2025.

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The anticipated 40-minute feature film will shed light on the unassuming heroine’s origin story, from her humble upbringing in rural South Vietnam, through the political crises of her young adulthood, to her evolving legacy as a staple of Boston’s cultural fabric. 

Kim Pham's astonishing narrative is articulated 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.

 

We Need YOUR Help!

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.

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

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Clare Ong, Director and Associate Producer

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Hui-En (Benson) Lin, Associate Producer

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.

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Grants AND Recognition

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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. 

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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.

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