Macroaggression

< Macroaggression > is a research-based feature film project that is based on the Atlanta Spa shooting incident in 2021. By cinematically reconstructing the day of the incident and retelling the course of the violence from the women’s point of view, my hope is to reveal the intersectionality of Asian women’s sexuality and how it is indeed inseparable with anti-Asian sentiment in the US due to the history of fetishization and feminization of the “other” (Asian) in a colonial framework. The UCLA Initiative of Study Hate Grant will enable me to embark on the necessary in-depth research associated with the history of anti-Asian violence in the US as well as the personal and intimate stories of the victims.