Feb 14, 2021 · 7:00 AM
Digitizing the Attic Tapes
Lucas walks through the process of transferring old family VHS tapes — and finds a clip of Wei he had never seen.
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Quiet mornings, birthday songs, reunion footage, and recorded conversations — pressed play for whoever comes next.
Nov 28, 2019 · 7:00 AM
Carmen's Kitchen Stories
Thanksgiving 2019. Carmen gathers Noah and Lucas to pass down a family tradition the way Rosa taught her.
Apr 2, 2018 · 8:00 AM
Wei Remembers the Freighter
Excerpt from Sophia's 2018 oral-history sessions. Wei describes arriving in Brooklyn in 1965.
Aug 16, 2008 · 8:00 AM
Reunion Picnic Highlights, 2008
Miguel's cut of the first big reunion — soccer, lawn chairs, and the group portrait take that finally worked.
Miguel Chen-RiveraWei ChenCarmen Rivera ChenElena Chen-RiveraNoah Chen-Rivera
Jun 1, 2003 · 8:00 AM
Sophia's Birthday Song
The whole table singing to Sophia on her fifth birthday. Aisha is on piano off-camera.
Sophia ParkAisha Thompson Chen-RiveraElena Chen-RiveraDavid Park
Oct 8, 1991 · 8:00 AM
Morning on Roosevelt Avenue, 1991
Home-video footage of Wei opening the shop before dawn. Carmen narrates from behind the camera.