Director

Emily Hong

Editing

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Directed movies: 1Directed series: 0All crew credits: 2

TMDB ID: 4025124

Known for: Editing

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2016 - 2023

Years active: 8

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Biography

Emily Hong is a Korean American visual anthropologist and filmmaker based in Philadelphia and Bangkok. Her work seeks to challenge the colonial legacies of anthropology and documentary filmmaking by creating space to honor non-Western ways of knowing and being. Emily is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Visual Studies at Haverford College, a co-founder of Ethnocine and Rhiza Collectives, and a Steering Committee member of the Asian American Documentary Network. Her work builds on fifteen years of facilitation, organizing and campaigning experience with grassroots movements in Asia and the US with a focus on Indigenous rights, environmental and economic justice.

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