![Film still - Paper Daughters](/content/dam/tisch/film-tvs/FirsRun/2019/filmstills/Paper Daughters_web.jpg)
Film still - Paper Daughters
Directed by Alexander Lu
Type of Project: Drama
Length: 15:00 minutes
Producer: Sophia Huebschman
Editor: Sam Gross
Cinematographer: Sunnie Kim
Two Chinese sisters in 1938, disguised as mother and daughter, attempt to pass through immigration at the notorious Angel Island Immigration Station. Trouble ensues after a fake passport is lost and their real story spills through the cracks.
![Alexander Lu](/content/dam/tisch/film-tvs/FirsRun/2019/Filmmakers/Lu Alexander_web.jpg.preset.200.jpeg)
Undergraduate
arl509@nyu.edu
Alex Lu is a director and cinematographer, class of 2017 1/2. By day, he manages production and wrangles motion controlled robotics jobs for a small studio in Brooklyn. At night he teaches himself how to paint. He is lactose intolerant.