Illustrations for the animated short, ‘What I Wanted Most 我最想要嘅’, for Think!Chinatown’s Chinatown Arts Week 2021.
In “What I Wanted Most 我最想要嘅”, Yan Ping remembers her difficult journey as an immigrant from Guangzhou, China to Panama to New York City Chinatown. Through their memories of migration and the once booming garment factories of Chinatown, Yan Ping and her daughter, Ying, challenge us to demystify the promises of the American Dream and Gold Mountain (金山) that continue to bring immigrants to Chinatown and the U.S. for a better life for their loved ones.