Rosemead Screening: Q&A with Director Eric Lin and Producer Mynette Louie

​Join us for an exclusive AAJA member screening of Rosemead, the award-winning film starring Lucy Liu, directed by Eric Lin, written by Marilyn Fu, and produced by Lucy Liu, Mynette Louie, and Andrew Corkin. Inspired by a harrowing true story, Lucy Liu transforms in a riveting, career-redefining performance as an ailing woman who takes drastic measures to protect her troubled teenage son.

​Following the screening, stay for a dynamic conversation with the film's director Eric Lin and producer Mynette Louie, moderated by Amy Qin of The New York Times, capped with audience Q&A. This event is in collaboration with the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY.

​📌 Note: This is an AAJA NY member-only event; membership status will be verified upon registration. Non-members' tickets will be cancelled, and late arrivals may be denied entry. You will need to bring a valid ID that matches your full name to enter the building.

​Agenda

​5:00–6:00 PM: Registration (make sure you arrive before 5:50 pm)
6:00–7:37 PM: Film screening
7:45–8:15 PM: Post-screening panel with Eric and Mynette (Moderated by Amy Qin from NYT)
8:15–8:30 PM: Audience Q&A

​Mynette Louie, Producer

​Mynette Louie is a Spirit Award-winning, Emmy and Critics Choice-nominated producer. Her credits include Suzanne Andrews Correa’s Sundance 2026 selection THE HUNTRESS starring Adriana Paz, Eric Lin's Tribeca 2025 selection and Locarno Prix du Public UBS audience award winner ROSEMEAD (Vertical) starring Lucy Liu, Heidi Ewing’s Sundance-winning, Spirit/Ariel/GLAAD-nominated I CARRY YOU WITH ME (Sony Pictures Classics), Carlo Mirabella-Davis’ Tribeca-winning, Gotham/Critics Choice-nominated SWALLOW (IFC Films & Mubi), Jennifer Fox’s Golden Globe/Emmy/Critics Choice/Spirit/Gotham-nominated THE TALE (Sundance HBO), Aaron Katz's GEMINI (SXSW / NEON), Karyn Kusama’s THE INVITATION (SXSW / Drafthouse & Netflix), Martha Stephens & Aaron Katz's Spirit Award-winning LAND HO! (Sundance Sony Pictures Classics), and many more. Louie serves on The Academy’s Producers Branch Executive Committee and Film Independent’s Board of Directors, and is a member of Producers United. Louie is also a professor and co-head of Creative Producing at Columbia University’s graduate film school. 

​Eric Lin, Director

​It was while majoring in sociology and film studies at UC Berkeley that director Eric Lin decided to dive into the world of filmmaking. Now, he is best known for his cinematography work on the critically acclaimed THE EXPLODING GIRL, THE SOUND OF SILENCE, HOUSE OF SPOILS, I SMILE BACK, and HEARTS BEAT LOUD, which premiered at prestigious film festivals such as Sundance, Berlin, and Toronto. Early in his filmmaking days, Lin’s own New York University MFA short documentary, MUSIC PALACE, gained notice and played at influential festivals such as Telluride and New Directors/New Films. ROSEMEAD marks Lin’s feature directorial debut. 

​Amy Qin (Moderator)

​Amy Qin is a national reporter for The New York Times, primarily writing about Asian American communities across the country. She previously covered China as a foreign correspondent, and was based in Beijing from 2012-20 and then in Taipei from 2020-22. She is currently based in Washington, DC.