June 2024, 2:27 min (Canada)
Video by Analee Weinberger and Fiona Tinwei Lam, with sound recording by Thomas Aaron Larson, and narration by Tecumseh Elementary School students (grade 5/6) with lines written by the class and assembled and adapted by Fiona Tinwei Lam for the City Poems Project.
Additional Editing and Post-Production by Linnea Ritland-Tan
Video based on a collaborative cento poem composed by Fiona Tinwei Lam adapting individual lines selected from poems written by Division 6, Grade 5/6 Tecumseh Elementary School students during a poetry workshop. The 27 student poems and the cento poem have been published in a booklet alongside student collages from two other Tecumseh classes as a fundraiser for a fantastic school mural unveiled on December 7, 2025.
More details can be found here about the poetry and art booklet. Background about Vivian Jung and the process of writing the student poems and the cento poem can be found in this blog and article in The Tyee. See a close-up of the new mural here that was unveiled in December 2025.
Screenings
- Tecumseh Elementary School End of Year Assembly, June 25, 2024
- Chinese Canadian Museum: July 1, 2024 (Panel on Poetry & Chinese Canadian History)
- Chinatown Storytelling Centre: daily rotational screening commencing fall 2024
- Kids First Film Festival, Santa Fe, New Mexico, May 30, 2025.
Images from Vivian Jung mural that was created by artists Janet Wang and Stella Zheng on display inside Tecumseh Elementary School