Katja Heinemann

DOCUMENTARY WORK: – the golden venture

Work in Progress: A series of diptychs and portraits explores the history and legacy of the Golden Venture, the human smuggling ship carrying 286 refugees and migrants from China that ran aground off the Queens, NY shore on June 6, 1993.  

Ten people died; the survivors were held in indefinite detention during their immigration and asylum proceedings. The documentary traces the experiences of some of these men in portraits and interviews – how have their fates diverged in the 20-plus years since the shipwreck?  

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  • To see some of the media coverage from around the 20th anniversary, and to read up on more background info on the history of the Golden Venture disaster, check out this Storify Collection.
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    • – stories from a graying pandemic | oral history archive
    • – graying of AIDS | portraits
    • – age is not a condom | bus shelter campaign
    • – well beyond HIV campaign
    • – about the project
  • COMMUNITY YOUTH MEDIA
    • – was geht?! magazine
    • – #bleibistan exhibit
    • – newsgroup afghanistan
  • DOCUMENTARY WORK
    • – the golden venture
    • – generation exile
    • – chinatown youth culture
    • – chinatown baby boomers
    • – on borrowed time | growing up with HIV
    • – americana | 1
    • – americana | 2
    • – world war 2 reloaded
    • – berlin | ostalgie at 20
    • – the hbo alzheimer's project
  • MULTIMEDIA
    • – standing up to stigma
    • – the graying of AIDS | multimedia documentary
    • – our family: made in india
    • – aging out of foster care
    • – world war 2 reloaded | teaser
  • PUBLICATIONS
    • – editorial | tearsheets
    • – institutional | ngo
    • – journey of hope | book
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