Your day is my night = Ni de bai tian shi wo de hei ye / Argot Pictures ; a film by Lynne Sachs ; produced by Lynne Sachs and Sean Hanley ; directed by Lynne Sachs.
Your day is my night = 你的白天是我的黑夜 Argot Pictures ; a film by Lynne Sachs ; produced by Lynne Sachs and Sean Hanley ; directed by Lynne Sachs.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Sachs, Lynne, film director, film producer, screenwriter.

Robles, Rojo, screenwriter.

Hanley, Sean (Film producer), film producer, editor of moving image work, director of photography.

Cao, Yi Chan, performer, interviewee.

Chan, Linda, performer, interviewee.

Che, Chung Qing, performer, interviewee.

Ho, Ellen, performer, interviewee.

Huang, Yun Xiu, performer, interviewee.

Lee, Sheut Hing, performer, interviewee.

Santa, Veraalba, performer, interviewee.

Tsui, Kam Yin, performer, interviewee.

Mass, Ethan, editor of moving image work.

Vitiello, Stephen, composer (expression).

Argot Pictures (Firm), production company.

Icarus Films, distributor.

Language:

Chinese

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Asian Americans--New York (State)--New York--History.

Asian Americans.

Puerto Ricans--New York (State)--New York--History.

Puerto Ricans.

Shift systems--New York (State)--New York--History.

Shift systems.

Shared housing--Sociological aspects.

Shared housing.

Chinatown (New York, N.Y.)--Social aspects.

Chinatown (New York, N.Y.).

Genre:

Documentary films.

Cinéma vérité films.

Biographical films.

Nonfiction films.

Filmed performances.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (64 min.)) : sound, color

Other Title:

Ni de bai tian shi wo de hei ye

你的白天是我的黑夜

Place of Publication:

[Brooklyn, New York] : Icarus Films, [2013]

Language Note:

In Mandarin, Cantonese, English, Spanish with English subtitles.

System Details:

System requirements: An Internet browser with HTML5 support.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

A collective of Chinese performers living in New York City explores the history and meaning of "shiftbeds" through vérité conversations, autobiographical monologues and integrated movement pieces. On screen, the seven performers play themselves, while living together with a young Puerto Rican woman in a shift-bed apartment on Hester Street in the heart of Chinatown. The concept of the shift-bed allows us as viewers to see the private become public, as the bed transforms into a stage for our characters to reveal the struggles and joys of their lives. This film is a hybrid documentary that looks at issues of privacy, intimacy, and community in relationship to this familiar item of household furniture.

Participant:

Featuring Yi Chun Cao, Linda Y. H. Chan, Chung Qing Che, Ellen Ho, Yun Xiu Huang, Sheut Hing Lee, Kam Yin Tsui and Veraalba Santa as Lourdes.

Credits:

Cinematography: Sean Hanley, Ethan Mass ; editing: Sean Hanley ; monologues written with support from Rojo Robles, Lynne Sachs ; music by Stephen Vitiello ; sound by Damian Volpe.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed June 3, 2022).

Publisher Number:

if-yday Docuseek2

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.