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Fandor Festival Podcast Ep. 21: Director of Snakehead, Evan Jackson Leong

Hooman and Chris sit down with Evan Jackson Leong, Director of Snakehead. Snakehead is a story of resilience and survival.

Evan Jackson Leong is a 6th generation Chinese American director and documentary filmmaker. Leong is most known for his documentary Linsanity and his first narrative feature film, Snakehead, will be premiering in theaters October 29,2021.

Sister Tse comes to New York through a Snakehead, a human smuggler. She gains favor with the matriarch of the family of crime and she rises the ranks quickly. Soon Tse must reconcile her success with her real reason for coming to America.

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