Seeking Asian Female

Debbie Lum explored cultural stereotypes in My Tiger Mom and in the award-winning Seeking Asian Female, which was a SXSW Film Festival official selection. She directed and produced two short documentaries for Wayne Wang about his early two works, Chan Is Missing and Dim Sum. She also co-produced and edited the award-winning Kelly Loves Tony, which aired… Show more on the PBS series, POV and played at festivals internationally.

Her documentary editing credits include, among others, To You Sweetheart Aloha (winner of Audience Award at the VC LA Film Festival) and the acclaimed a.k.a. Don Bonus (winner of a National Emmy), which aired on POV. She also wrote and directed the fictional films Chinese Beauty, A Great Deal! and One April Morning. Show less

Ali Sargent relocated to San Francisco after over eight years of making documentaries based out of New York City and Vermont. As a director and field producer, Ali has driven across the country, filmed in emergency rooms, lived in a trailer on a circus lot, and interviewed young gang members in Detroit. She field produced Circus, the six-part verité series… Show more for PBS about a season with the Big Apple Circus, and Hopkins, a series about Johns Hopkins Hospital for ABC News which won a Peabody award. She directed Inside The Detroit Gang Squad, an episode for National Geographic. She has worked for PBS's Frontline, CBS, ABC, and Reuters as well as the independent documentary company M30A Films. Her print journalism has appeared in the Norwich Times and on ABCnews.com. She graduated from Barnard College in 2005 with a B.A. in Film Studies and has attended the CPB Producer’s Workshop at WGBH. Show less