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I’m helping my friend Ursula make a documentary on the historic North American Chinese Invitational Volleyball Tournament, which is played in a style of volleyball called “9-man.” This tournament has taken place annually since 1935 and was originally founded with the intention to bridge the various Chinese communities across the US and Canada.

There was a mini-tourney in SF Chinatown this past Sunday, so me and the SF film crew (Stef, Chunger, Seng) went to shoot and get acquainted with some of the players and tournament directors. Here are some shots I took in Chinatown on Sunday, May 23rd - none of which are of the actual tournament (my action shots were not very interesting).

Apparently I have an affinity towards shooting old Chinese people, I think because the only time I used to go to Chinatown was with my Grandmother as a little girl. I even came across the association she belonged to and snapped a photo of the doorway. I don’t have much to remember her by, so this was my way of reminiscing.