The Brief
- San Francisco filmmakers Brian Rashid and Molly Pacheco are creating a new documentary titled “Love Letter to Chinatown” to highlight the resilience of the historic neighborhood.
- The film focuses on next-generation business owners, like the brothers behind 606 Cantonese Cuisine and Duk Hing Express, who are taking over family businesses to preserve their cultural heritage.
- The documentary is scheduled to be completed by this fall and will be available to the public for free online and at a neighborhood theater.
SAN FRANCISCO – Production is underway on the new documentary showcasing the cultural endurance and shifting future of San Francisco’s historic Chinatown.
‘Love letters to the world’
Local filmmakers Brian Rashid and Molly Pacheco, who have traveled the world telling stories of communities through their project “Love Letters to the World,” have turned their focus to the Bay Area. Their latest project, “Love Letter to Chinatown,” is described by the creators not as a tourism campaign, but as a cinematic exploration of belonging, culture, and emotional identity.
The documentary centers on the grit of immigrant families and the young business owners stepping up to keep local legacies alive.
Among those featured are brothers Eugene Lau and Alvin Lau, the co-owners of 606 Cantonese Cuisine. The brothers previously worked in other industries but chose to step in and take over the restaurant in 2020 when the pandemic hit and their family members retired.…