Headshot of Siyi Chen from the chest up wearing a white shirt outside in a field
Siyi Chen
Photo courtesy Siyi Chen
Director & Producer

Siyi Chen (she/her) is an aspiring documentary filmmaker and journalist from China. She holds a M.A. in News and Documentary from New York University and a B.A. in World History from Peking University. Her short documentaries have appeared on CNN, Quartz, and PBS. Among her works, Siyi profiled a unique Jewish community in Morocco, featured sex workers in legal brothels, and covered the thriving new industry of professional cuddling. Dear Mother, I Meant to Write about Death is her feature documentary debut.

Program cohorts
(Egg)celerator Lab 2018
films by Siyi Chen
Still from Dear Mother, I Meant to Write About Death. Two medical staff in lab coats hover over a brightly lit tray of bloody gauze and a man in an orange jacket sits nearby.
Dear Mother, I Meant to Write about Death
Still from Dear Mother, I Meant to Write About Death
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Headshot of a South Asian man with a beard, wearing a light coloured shirt sitting in a room with wooden panels.
Sushmit Ghosh
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Headshot of a South Asian woman with black hair, wearing a black top and mustard-colored pants, standing against a background of trees.
Rintu Thomas
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