the cast
(in order of appearance)
Trash Boy……PUA OWAN
Liz……LIZ XUÂN STEVENS
Leslie…… LESLIE MAH
Cherisma……CHERISMA T. FERIL
White Boy……PHILIP DACHELET
Tina……TINA GORDON
Chef……MYRNA Y.M. CHIU
Mixed Race Woman……ANNE LUNDBOM
extras
ADRIAN QUIRANTE
CHLOE SHERMAN
DIANE ALCALA
DOROTHY WANG
IVY SHAN YING ZHU
JACKIE GRATZ
JOZIE DI MARIA
MARINA DEVILLE
MIKE ALLEN
OLIVIA RATHBONE
PALLY RAMIREZ
SARAH JARMON
SATORU ENDO
original soundtrack
THE DRAGON LADIES:
LESLIE MAH (vocals, guitar)
SEME SUNG (drums)
TINA GORGON (vocals, guitar)
soundtrack recording & engineering
JEN SCHWARTZ
screenplay by
LIZ XUÂN STEVENS
in collaboration with
ANNE LUNDBOM
CHERISMA T. FERIL
IVY SHAN YING ZHU
KAR YIN THAM
LESLIE MAH
MAIANA MINAHAL
MYRNA Y.M. CHIU
TINA GORDON
PUA OWAN
VŨ T. THU HÀ
director/producer/editor
VŨ T. THU HÀ
in collaboration with
ANNE LUNDBOM
CHERISMA T. FERIL
IVY SHAN YING ZHU
KAR YIN THAM
LESLIE MAH
LIZ XUÂN STEVENS
MYRNA Y.M. CHIU
PUA OWAN
TINA GORDON
props assistant
KAR YIN THAM
wardrobe assistant
IVY SHAN YING ZHU
m.s.g. can & graphic design
MYRNA Y.M. CHIU
make-up
PAULINE YU
martial arts coordination
ANNE LUNDBOM
lesbionic make-out coach
JOZIE DI MARIA
sound crew
CURTIS OVERACRE
DENISE DOLAN
DOROTHY WANG
FISH
KAR YIN THAM
production crew
CURTIS OVERACRE
DENISE DOLAN
ELIZABETH DONOGHUE
IVY SHAN YING ZHU
KAR YIN THAM
PAULINE YU
PUA OWAN
additional crew
ALEXIS BRAVOS
DAYVE MORFFY
ERIN CULLERTON
JACKIE GRATZ
JEN WONG
MYRNA Y.M. CHIU
TOBIA MINCKLER
set photography
CHLOE SHERMAN
ERIN CULLERTON
IVY SHAN YING ZHU
JACKIE GRATZ
JOSIE DI MARIA
KAR YIN THAM
16mm camera
VŨ T. THU HÀ
camera assistant
NINE DE JANVIER
additional music
“Tea Harvest”
“Picking Red Chestnuts”
performed by LEI QIANG
“Chinese Traditional Erhu Music”
Oliver Sudden Productions
“Mùa Hè Ðẹp Nhất”
performed by THANH HÀ
“Như Đã Yêu Nhau”
performed by HƯƠNG LAN & NGUYỄN HƯNG
from “TNCD108 – Nhạc Tình Đức Huy 1: Đường Xa Ướt Mưa”
Thúy Nga Productions (Paris By Night)
fundraising committee
CHERISMA T. FERIL
DANG YUSAH
GENE GONZALES
OFELIA VIRTUCIO
VŨ T. THU HÀ
fundraising volunteers
ALMA SOONGI BECK
BEE SEVIKUL
CHIHAYA KAMINOKAWA
DEBBIE NG
DENISE TANG
GENEVIEVE ONGSIOCO
JENNIFER LEE
KAO ORI
KHANH NGO
MAIANA MINAHAL
MARISOL KIM
SAUN-TOY TROTTER
SHERYL UYEN
THUY NGUYEN
TRAM NGUYEN
TRANG ANH NGUYEN
VANDA CHONG
additional funding
SERPENT SOURCE FOR WOMEN ARTISTS
RAINBOW GROCERY COOPERATIVE
special thanks to
DANG YUSAH
GENE GONZALES
GEORGE KUCHAR
OFELIA VIRTUCIO
PARK SANGHE
TONEY MERRITT
thank you
ANDY GILLIS
DAN OLMSTEAD
HIMA B.
JANAY JONES
MADELINE BORN
MARTA TORRES-MCKAY
MAIANA MINAHAL
MARIKO P.
MICHELLE BOLONG
MICHELLE ITO
PREETI MISTRY
SARAH FRAN WISBY
SAUN-TOY TROTTER
THUY NGUYEN
TRAVIS JENSEN
TRIBE 8
additional thanks to
CCSF FILM DEPARTMENT
MONOCO LABS
SFAI FILM DEPARTMENT
and our warmest thanks to
THE RESIDENTS OF ST. LOUIS ALLEY
IN SAN FRANCISCO CHINATOWN
for putting up with our late nights of film production
a big thank you to
TINA’S MOM & LOS SOCIOS RESTAURANT
In loving memory of George Kuchar, cult cinema pioneer and my independent studies advisor on this film, who spent countless hours at the Steenbeck with me, patiently rescued discarded splices from the bin, guided my hands at the flatbed, and taught me that “bad is good… sometimes very, very good”.
Thank you, homo. 🤍
- VŨ T. THU HÀ