The Farewell w/ Li Lai
“There's something inherently tragic about the way immigrants take their culture with them, while their original homes become erased over time.” —Li Lai
Li Lai
In the first official episode under the Mediaversity banner, filmmaker Aditya Joshi and Mediaversity Reviews founder Li Lai bond over their immigrant backgrounds, the feeling of losing someone overseas, and a mutual love of Lulu Wang’s The Farewell (2019).
Li Lai is a Taiwanese American visual designer and data nerd based in New York City. In addition to being the founder and editor-in-chief of Mediaversity, Li is also a Rotten Tomatoes critic and has been featured in Variety, The Verge, CBC Radio, Chicago Tribune, and other outlets. She has also spoken at venues such as Adweek Europe or with the Women's Impact Network of the Producers Guild of America, and is on the advisory committee of ReelAbilities Film Festival.
Read the Mediaversity review of The Farewell here.