Betty Chen

A follow-up to the groundbreaking Visual Communications documentary OMAI FA'ATASI: SAMOA MO SAMOA, this fictionalized account of Vaitafe Futu, a gifted Samoan youth who travels from Pago Pago to pursue an education in Los Angeles offers a wholistic portrait of a newer Asian Pacific American community.

Color UCLA Student Film, Preserved by the UCLA Film and Television Archive. Richly layered hand-drawn and painted animation of Allison Krause, a college student who was killed by police at Kent State in 1970. https://cinema.ucla.edu/blogs/archive-blog/2023/08/24/the-effervescent-artist-educator-activist-betty-chen

Animation and narrative combine to capture the moment of separation of a man and woman once united. Inspired by the prose of Marguerite Duras, the voice of the woman reveals the thoughts which resulted in the relationship's end.

Color UCLA Student Film, Preserved by the UCLA Film and Television Archive. Deliciously unruly live action opera/disco/rock and roll fantasy starring a Pepto Bismol-pink classic DeSoto (circa late ’40s) and featuring an on-camera dance solo performed by the director herself