Ep251 - Abigail Hing Wen & Dani Melia | Crafting Asian American Stories

<span data-sheets-value= "{"1":2,"2":"Talks at Google welcomes Dani Melia, producer of the hit film The Farewell, and Abigail Hing Wen, author of the bestselling novel Loveboat, Taipei. Together they share their journeys of overcoming barriers to bring authentic, diverse stories to the traditional media & publishing industries.\n\nDani Melia currently runs film operations for the New York-based indie powerhouse Big Beach. Most recently, Dani produced and developed Lulu Wang’s Sundance hit The Farewell starring Awkwafina. Released domestically in July 2019, the film beat out Avengers: Endgame for the highest per-screen average opening of that year.\n\nAbigail Hing Wen’s novel, Loveboat, Taipei debuted on the New York Times best sellers list and hit it again the following week. The novel is a Barnes & Noble Young Adult Book Club Pick, and is currently being adapted into a feature film.\n\nVisit http://g.co/TalksAtGoogle/AsianAmericanStories to watch the video."}" data-sheets-userformat= "{"2":957,"3":{"1":0},"5":{"1":[{"1":2,"2":0,"5":{"1":2,"2":0}},{"1":0,"2":0,"3":3},{"1":1,"2":0,"4":1}]},"6":{"1":[{"1":2,"2":0,"5":{"1":2,"2":0}},{"1":0,"2":0,"3":3},{"1":1,"2":0,"4":1}]},"7":{"1":[{"1":2,"2":0,"5":{"1":2,"2":0}},{"1":0,"2":0,"3":3},{"1":1,"2":0,"4":1}]},"8":{"1":[{"1":2,"2":0,"5":{"1":2,"2":0}},{"1":0,"2":0,"3":3},{"1":1,"2":0,"4":1}]},"10":0,"11":4,"12":0}" data-sheets-formula= "=R[-13]C[0]&" Visit http://g.co/TalksAtGoogle/"&R[-5]C[0]&" to watch the video.""> Talks at Google welcomes Dani Melia, producer of the hit film "The Farewell," and Abigail Hing Wen, author of the bestselling novel "Loveboat, Taipei." Together they share their journeys of overcoming barriers to bring authentic, diverse stories to the traditional media & publishing industries.<br /> <br /> Dani Melia currently runs film operations for the New York-based indie powerhouse Big Beach. Most recently, Dani produced and developed Lulu Wang’s Sundance hit "The Farewell" starring Awkwafina. Released domestically in July 2019, the film beat out "Av