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Peier “Tracy” Shen wishes Truffaut was still around to tell us everything is okay

"As a director, you need to explain your ideas to like fifty people, and you have to somehow be consistent. You share a lot."
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From one filmmaker to another—Peier “Tracy” Shen talks about the complex relationship between a filmmaker and her films

Peier "Tracy" Shen is a young writer and director from Wuxi, China, who has been studying, living, and creating films in the United States for a number of years now. As a child she wanted to become a pianist, but this slowly evolved into a passion for writing. During college she realized that film combined many artistic mediums, including music and writing, so over a summer break in Shanghai, she picked up a camera and decided to direct for the first time. Now, she is a graduate from American Film Institute and currently resides in Los Angeles with a number of completed short films under her belt.
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A Tribute to Sharon Jones

By Senior Contributor Stephanie A. Taylor

Bassist/songwriter Gabriel Roth discovered Sharon Jones sound in 1996, a sound that oozed with the gooey goodness of vintage soul, blues and funk of the 1970s. With musical influences ranging from James Brown and Tina Turner to Aretha Franklin and Motown, Sharon Jones recorded a solo track “Switchblade,” a song that had originally been intended for a man to record, and the Dap-Kings were formed.read more.

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FYC ’17: Peier Tracy Shen

FF2 Intern Peier Tracy Shen asks you to consider these six films by women writers &/or directors (from the full list of films released in NYC theatres in 2016). Note that this list was created in November & will be updated after December 31, 2016.

My Favorite Feature Films of 2016 (2)

My Favorite Documentary Films of 2016 (2)

My Favorite Foreign Language Films of 2016 (2)

Photo: “Krystal” (Riley Keough) and her recruits in American Honey. read more.

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