Vanishing Seattle Films: Chinatown-International District - Bush Garden (Updated)

Vanishing Seattle Films presents the sixth and final film in its documentary series that takes a deeper dive into the stories of history, legacy, and resilience behind the #VanishingSeattle hashtag. Each episode of this documentary series focuses on a small business or community space significant to a Seattle neighborhood.
In addition to being the first karaoke bar in the country, since 1953 Bush Garden has been a hub for connection, celebration, and multiracial/multigenerational organizing. After the historic building was sold to a private developer in 2017, a grassroots fight emerged to save both its history and future as a vital community space.
Directors: Ellison Shieh + Christopher Woon-Chen + Martin Tran
Cinematographers & Editors: Ellison Shieh + Christopher Woon-Chen
Executive Producers: Cynthia Brothers + Martin Tran
Music:
Wowa - “Jazz-Mezzo”
Ings - “Sad Circus”
Dream Machine - “Another Day”
Special Thanks:
Adrian Alarilla
Erin Shigaki
Liam Dale
Lulu Carpenter
Nicole Keenan
Aunty Norma Timbang
Shirley Jorgensen
Soya Jung
Bush Garden Karaoke Singers
In Memory Of:
Akira Moriguchi
Uncle Bob Santos
Christopher Alphonso
Kenny Calderon
Roy Seko
Suzee Bishop
This film project was supported in part by 4Culture/King County Lodging Tax.
Produced in association with Northwest Film Forum.
Vanishing Seattle is a project that documents displaced and disappearing institutions, small businesses and cultures of Seattle - and celebrates the histories, spaces, and communities that give the city its soul.
More info:
www.vanishingseattle.orgVanis... Seattle Films presents the sixth and final film in its documentary series that takes a deeper dive into the stories of history, legacy, and resilience behind the #VanishingSeattle hashtag. Each episode of this documentary series focuses on a small business or community space significant to a Seattle neighborhood.
In addition to being the first karaoke bar in the country, since 1953 Bush Garden has been a hub for connection, celebration, and multiracial/multigenerational organizing. After the historic building was sold to a private developer in 2017, a grassroots fight emerged to save both its history and future as a vital community space.
Directors: Ellison Shieh + Christopher Woon-Chen + Martin Tran
Cinematographers & Editors: Ellison Shieh + Christopher Woon-Chen
Executive Producers: Cynthia Brothers + Martin Tran
Music:
Wowa - “Jazz-Mezzo”
Ings - “Sad Circus”
Dream Machine - “Another Day”
Special Thanks:
Adrian Alarilla
Erin Shigaki
Liam Dale
Lulu Carpenter
Nicole Keenan
Aunty Norma Timbang
Shirley Jorgensen
Soya Jung
Bush Garden Karaoke Singers
In Memory Of:
Akira Moriguchi
Uncle Bob Santos
Christopher Alphonso
Kenny Calderon
Roy Seko
Suzee Bishop
This film project was supported in part by 4Culture/King County Lodging Tax.
Produced in association with Northwest Film Forum.
Vanishing Seattle is a project that documents displaced and disappearing institutions, small businesses and cultures of Seattle - and celebrates the histories, spaces, and communities that give the city its soul.
More info:
www.vanishingseattle.org