Chinese Canadian actress Kelly Yu on pandemic filming and falling moons
Chinese Canadian actress Kelly Yu sits down with Cold Tea Collective to discuss her North American film debut experience in Moonfall
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In a year dominated by a pandemic, anti-Asian rhetoric, and racial injustice, there doesn’t seem to be any overarching narrative or lesson to be drawn from 2020.
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