Disney's 'Chang Can Dunk' features immigrant story, Fil-Am musicians | TFC News California, USA
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In Chang Can Dunk, the new film from Disney+, Chang dreams of becoming a basketball player like his idol Kobe Bryant.
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But first, he has to accomplish a major life goal, have faith in himself.
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Bloomlee stars as the 5'8 student Chang who aspires to prove to everyone that he could reach the 10-foot-high hoop net and score a dunk.
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How keenly did you relate to Chang in terms of his high school experience and as an immigrant?
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I definitely have more friends than Chang in high school.
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I kind of was a little bit more popular than Chang in high school.
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But I related to Chang's immigrant experience and his desire to want to be seen a lot.
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There's a scene in the movie where Chang sits down with his mother while she's asleep on the couch.
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And I've had that moment in my life many times.
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So I think his experience, I think the important things of Chang I completely related to and was able to kind of embody.
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The coming-of-age movie is loosely based on writer-director Jimmy Chou's own experiences growing up as an Asian-American.
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I think that all Asian-American filmmakers when they're making something, they feel that.
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I think all minority people of color who are filmmakers, they feel like because the opportunities are so slim
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that when they do get a chance, they are representing more than just themselves.
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But what I've always believed that is if you're pulling from a personal truth,
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if you're really being honest with what the story is and what you're trying to say,
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then you're doing the best that you can to represent you and whatever community that you belong.
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And that's all we can do as artists is to show our truth.
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The heartwarming music in the film was done by a pair of Filipino talents.
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Angela Asistio is its music supervisor who found songs for the film.
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Chang conducts film composer Nathan Matthew David is also Filipino.
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He and she and I talked early on about the sort of influences that we wanted to have,
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the fact that we were going to include a lot of different genres.
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You know, I think a lot of times basketball is associated with hip-hop,
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but we wanted to bring in other aspects of music that could change the way that the movie feels.
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And just working with them was an incredible experience.
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The movie also features a song by Grammy-winning film singer Steve Lacey.
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Yong Chavez, ABS-CBN News, here in Hollywood.
