Ep. 226: Finding Yingying (ft. Jenny Shi)

Director and producer Jenny Shi joins Dave, Kin, and Diana to talk about her feature-length documentary Finding Yingying. Finding Yingying is about the life and death of Zhang Yingying, a Chinese visiting student at University of Illinois-Urbana Champagne, who was kidnapped and murdered June 9, 2017. The film poignantly focuses on Yingying and her family, challenging traditional crime narratives, and interlaces Asian American issues such as media representation, school funding, sexual violence, and bridging cultural gaps. Finding Yingying premiers December 11. For more information, go to www.findingyingying.com. join the Escape From Plan A Patreon at www.patreon.com/planamag TWITTER: Finding Yingying (https://twitter.com/YingyingFilm) Jenny Shi (https://twitter.com/jiayanjennyshi) Professor Kin Cheung (https://twitter.com/ProfKinCheung) REFERENCED RESOURCES: Student visa rule change unfair, foolish, by Kin Cheung: https://www.mcall.com/opinion/mc-opi-international-students-cheung-20200714-nrpcalcqdzblbjvqulqjnkzrwa-story.html Revisionist History, what's wrong with the LSATs and how to improve higher ed: http://revisionisthistory.com/episodes/32-the-tortoise-and-the-hare Man Who Killed Korean Woman 'just felt like it,' Brisbane Times: https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/man-admits-killing-korean-woman-in-queensland-20180806-p4zvrl.html Annie Le's article on petty crime at Yale: https://www.webcitation.org/5jnWl6Nsz?url=http://bbs.yale.edu/images/B10_1.pdf Norcal Rapist Trial just concluded. Convicted on all counts! Should receive life in prison. Sentencing next month: https://www.kcra.com/article/norcal-rapist-trial-verdict-roy-waller-nov-18/34715221 Three University gynecologists sexually assaulting Asian students at USC, UCLA & Columbia, each over 30 years of abuse. -USC: https://nextshark.com/usc-gynecologist-george-tyndall-target-chinese-students/ -UCLA: https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/17/us/university-of-california-settlement-gynecologist/index.html -Columbia: https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/09/us/columbia-university-ob-gyn-robert-hadden/index.html SUBMISSIONS & COMMENTS: editor.planamag@gmail.com EFPA Opening Theme: "Fuck Out My Face" by Ayekay (open.spotify.com/artist/16zQKaDN5XgHAhfOJHTigJ)