Monterey Park: How Do We Heal Our Community? | Mini Docs
- last year
TW: gun violence & PTSD⚠️
When a 72-year-old Chinese man shot and killed 10 people on the eve of Lunar New Year in Monterey Park, after the years of Asian hate we’ve experienced, many were quick to assume it was a hate crime. Today, the Asian community is considering the tragedy as an alert to destigmatize mentalhealth and heal--especially for men.
Many people, especially after Covid and the isolation it forced, are going through the hardest, loneliest times of their lives. The Monterey Park killer had indicated clear signs of paranoia, reporting to police twice in January that someone was trying to poison him. He was in emotional turmoil, had no support system, and owned a lot of guns.
As PTSD riddles our communities, who have seen war, dictatorship, famine, genocide, and poverty, we are expected to be “good” because we are in America now. But without acknowledging our feelings, suppressing and internalizing will only lead to detrimental — and sometimes dangerous — outcomes. Not only do we face a communal and cultural issue with lack of vulnerability and sharing, our men are socialized to be angry and avoidant–not intimate or safe. Will we finally put down the “boys don’t cry” mindset and begin to heal?
Director
Keshia Hannam
Producers
Keshia Hannam
Ryan Alexander Holmes
Editor
Ruolin Xu Luyo
Director of Photography
Justin Guo
Translation
Weijun Lin
Editor-in-Chief
Keshia Hannam
Head of Production
Stephanie Tangkilisan
Post Production Coordinator
Skolastika Lupitawina
Assistant Editor
Rendy Abi
Graphics
Fajar Alkan
Ruolin Xu Luyo
Color
Nadya Gumanza
Sound
Ernesto Suarez
Music
Ganymede - Yehezkel Raz
Dead Leaves - Yehezkel Raz
Distant Worlds - Theatre of Delays
Absence - Michael FK
Thoughts in Motion - Tristan Barton
Additional Archival Material
Elizabeth Yang
Emily Wu Truong
Michael E. Flores
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Los Angeles Magazine
CNBC
NextShark
The New York Times
Los Angeles Times
USA Today
The Washington Post
Men's Health
ABC News
Special Thanks
Google News Initiative
When a 72-year-old Chinese man shot and killed 10 people on the eve of Lunar New Year in Monterey Park, after the years of Asian hate we’ve experienced, many were quick to assume it was a hate crime. Today, the Asian community is considering the tragedy as an alert to destigmatize mentalhealth and heal--especially for men.
Many people, especially after Covid and the isolation it forced, are going through the hardest, loneliest times of their lives. The Monterey Park killer had indicated clear signs of paranoia, reporting to police twice in January that someone was trying to poison him. He was in emotional turmoil, had no support system, and owned a lot of guns.
As PTSD riddles our communities, who have seen war, dictatorship, famine, genocide, and poverty, we are expected to be “good” because we are in America now. But without acknowledging our feelings, suppressing and internalizing will only lead to detrimental — and sometimes dangerous — outcomes. Not only do we face a communal and cultural issue with lack of vulnerability and sharing, our men are socialized to be angry and avoidant–not intimate or safe. Will we finally put down the “boys don’t cry” mindset and begin to heal?
Director
Keshia Hannam
Producers
Keshia Hannam
Ryan Alexander Holmes
Editor
Ruolin Xu Luyo
Director of Photography
Justin Guo
Translation
Weijun Lin
Editor-in-Chief
Keshia Hannam
Head of Production
Stephanie Tangkilisan
Post Production Coordinator
Skolastika Lupitawina
Assistant Editor
Rendy Abi
Graphics
Fajar Alkan
Ruolin Xu Luyo
Color
Nadya Gumanza
Sound
Ernesto Suarez
Music
Ganymede - Yehezkel Raz
Dead Leaves - Yehezkel Raz
Distant Worlds - Theatre of Delays
Absence - Michael FK
Thoughts in Motion - Tristan Barton
Additional Archival Material
Elizabeth Yang
Emily Wu Truong
Michael E. Flores
GettyImages
Shutterstock
Los Angeles Magazine
CNBC
NextShark
The New York Times
Los Angeles Times
USA Today
The Washington Post
Men's Health
ABC News
Special Thanks
Google News Initiative