Invisible No More: East Asian Women in NYC Politics (Documentary)

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Friday, November 13, 2026 | 6pm to 7:30pm

25 West 43rd Street, 10th Floor, Room 1000
between 5th & 6th Avenues, Manhattan

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Director/co-producer Larry Tung alongside co-producer Mehrunnisa Wani will screen and discuss their documentary Invisible No More (2025), a project funded by a 2024 Betty Lee Research Endowment Fund award, highlighting how Asian Americans are no longer just an emerging force in New York City politics, but are making sweeping strides at all levels of government. Focusing particularly on Brooklyn’s newly designated Asian opportunity district—created in 2023 through the once-a-decade redistricting process to reflect the explosive growth and impact of the Asian American community—the film features City Councilmembers Linda Lee, Sandra Ung, and Susan Zhuang, as well as State Senator John Liu, as they share their journeys into public service, detailing how they broke barriers, took seats at the table, and now champion the voices of their communities.

Author Bio

Larry Tung teaches video production at Fashion Institute of Technology. A native of Taiwan, Tung holds an M.F.A. in TV Production from Brooklyn College and an M.S. in Journalism from Columbia University. He has received several prestigious fellowships, including the Vanderbilt University Media Fellowship and the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Faculty Fellowship. Tung’s films explore themes of social justice and human rights and have been screened at more than 70 film festivals worldwide.


Mehrunnisa Wani is a photojournalist and teaches journalism at York College/CUNY. A graduate of Columbia Journalism School, She is a regular contributor to Forbes where she focuses on foreign policy, social justice, and resistance movements. Locally, she covers marginalized communities, exploring solidarity movements and activism around inclusion into American society, and rebuilding and reforming of identity.