Join WXXI for a special FREE screening of Home Court, a film by directed by Erica Tanamachi, followed by a panel discussion.
About the Film: The coming-of-age story and rise of Ashley Chea, a Cambodian American basketball prodigy
Ashley Chea’s life intensifies amid college recruitment, injury, and triumph.
Indie Lens Pop-Up presents this free screening:
On Monday, March 10 at 6:30-8:30 p.m.
At The Little Theatre, Theatre 1
240 East Avenue, Rochester, NY
Watch the Film Trailer:
Panel Discussion to follow the screening.
Moderator:
Dr. Christina Heyon Lee, EdD, Coordinator, Global Education and International Services & Co-chair IDEA (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accountability) Council at Monroe Community College. Dr. Lee is an educator and community collaborator who builds strategic partnerships and co-creates curricula at the intersections of global learning, DEIB, and social justice.
Panelists:
Dr. Katie Rizzone MD, MPH, Associate Professor Orthopaedics and Pediatrics, at University of Rochester Medical Center & Team Physician SUNY Brockport and University of Rochester Bio: I am a board-certified primary care sports medicine physician. I care for patients who have sports injuries to the shoulder, elbow, hand and wrist, hip, knee and foot and ankle. I also am faculty of the URMC Concussion Care clinic, treating concussion in kids and adolescents. I specialize in diagnosis and management of bone stress injuries/stress fracture and safe return to sport after these injuries. I started the RUN URMC running medicine team, which offer gait analyses for runners, walkers and athletes looking to improve performance through optimizing their gait biomechanics. I also offer specialized treatment for knee osteoarthritis, including injections like cortisone, viscosupplementation, platelet rich plasma (PRP) in addition to performing cooled radiofrequency ablation (cRFA) on the geniculate nerves of the knee to help with chronic knee pain. I also perform nerve hydrodissection in various areas for chronic pain from impinged nerves. My belief is that everyone is an athlete, no matter their age or fitness level, and my focus is helping patients to reach their goals. I have been a team physician for several high school, collegiate, and professional sports teams and am currently the team physician for the SUNY-Brockport Golden Eagles and the University of Rochester Yellow Jackets in addition to being a physician for US Rowing.
Qian (Chen) Rappazzo, Student Athlete & captain on SUNY Brockport Swim Team Bio: I was adopted from China at the age of 2 to a Caucasian family. I grew up in a predominantly white community but was encouraged to stay involved in Chinese culture by my family. As a child I was involved in a Chinese community center where I learned traditional Chinese dance and had language lessons. As a grew up I became more involved in other sports like swimming and lacrosse. Eventually I fully committed all of my time to swimming and took a step back from the Chinese community center. I currently swim as a college athlete at SUNY Brockport and have recently reconnected with my Chinese culture. Last year I started looking for my biological family and was lucky enough to be reunited with them. In February 2024, I made a trip back to China with my mother and aunt and was reunited with my biological family. Now that I have returned to America, I have a deeper connection to my Chinese roots and have a new complex relationship with being an Asian American.
Stephen Lian, Head Varsity Football Coach at Brighton High School and 6th Grade Teacher at Twelve Corners Middle School. A proud child of immigrant parents, I am a Rochester native (graduating from Pittsford Mendon High School). I attended Kenyon College (Ohio), where I played 4 years of college football and graduated with a BA in Psychology. After college, I earned an MS in Elementary Education from Nazareth College and have been a teacher in Brighton for 20 years. I have been coaching high school football for 25 years, 10 years in Pittsford and 15 years in Brighton, where I have spent the last 13 seasons as Head Coach. During that time, I have been named League Coach of the Year (2016, 2024), All Greater Rochester Coach of the Year (2024), Buffalo Bills Coach of the Week (2016, 2021, 2024), Buffalo Bills Rochester Region Coach of the Year (2024), Buffalo Bills Don Shula NFL Coach of the Year Nominee (2024), and have the most wins all time in Brighton High School History. In 2024, I was the first Asian American head coach in history to win a Section V Football Championship and Far West Regional Championship. I am also involved in coaching youth football, serving as Vice President of the Brighton Junior Bruins Youth Football and Cheer organization.
Dagny Johnson, Student at Brighton High School. Bio: I am 17 years old and a senior at Brighton High School. Nine years ago, I picked up fencing and have been doing it ever since. I train at the Rochester Fencing Club with my coach, Medhat Elbakry. Over the years I have worked hard with my coach to reach my goals. I have made multiple podiums while competing nationally and internationally for Team USA. I am extremely grateful for the dedication my coach has given me along with the endless support from my parents, Barbara and Craig Johnson.
