A Chinatown Ghost Story
New York City, New York | Film Feature
Crime, Adventure
Chinatown is the perfect setting for a ghost story. This project is inspired by the real life murder of Bow Kum, a Chinese slave girl who was killed by gang leaders in 1909. Her death sparked the Chinatown gang wars around the bloody angle. As people go missing now, she returns to stop the murders.
A Chinatown Ghost Story
New York City, New York | Film Feature
Crime, Adventure
1 Campaigns | New York, United States
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Chinatown is the perfect setting for a ghost story. This project is inspired by the real life murder of Bow Kum, a Chinese slave girl who was killed by gang leaders in 1909. Her death sparked the Chinatown gang wars around the bloody angle. As people go missing now, she returns to stop the murders.
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The Story
SNEAK PEEK OF A CHINATOWN GHOST STORY!
A string of brutal murders in Chinatown remains unsolved. When Jasmine Yee, an NYU freshman studying photography and journalism, opens her door to a Jehovah’s Witness girl, she had no idea that moments later, the girl will be dead—and that she’ll be pulled into a dark mystery that no one wants solved.
But Jasmine isn’t just facing human dangers—she’s haunted by the ghost of Bow Kum.
Think Jordan Peele’s Get Out meets Bong Joon-ho’s Okja.
Bow Kum, a Chinese slave girl murdered in NYC Chinatown in 1909. Sold as a child in Guangzhou, she was auctioned off in San Francisco to a gang leader from New York’s Chinatown. When he was imprisoned, Bow found a new life and married a rival gang member—only to be hunted down when her former “owner” was released. She refused to return to him, and for that, she was brutally murdered. Stabbed multiple times in the heart and her fingers severed. Her death ignited the bloody Tong Wars on the infamous streets of Doyers and Pell.
Now, over a century later, Bow’s spirit warns Jasmine that the killings have started again.
Jasmine Yee
An NYU freshman studying photography and journalism, Jasmine struggles to distinguish between reality and the supernatural. Haunted by Bow Kum’s ghost, she begins to fear she’s losing her mind. But as the murders in Chinatown escalate, she realizes the only way to survive is to uncover the truth—before she becomes the next victim.
People don't realize that Chinatown in New York is over 120 years old and there are many untold stories. Bow Kum was known as the Helen of Troy of Chinatown, yet today we don't know her story.
As a native New Yorker and Chinatown resident, I want to make a movie in the community. Everyone that is a part of it has a special tie to Chinatown.
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Stephanie Cheng is an Asian American actor and screenwriter based in NYC.
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- The Team
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Mission Statement
The Story
SNEAK PEEK OF A CHINATOWN GHOST STORY!
A string of brutal murders in Chinatown remains unsolved. When Jasmine Yee, an NYU freshman studying photography and journalism, opens her door to a Jehovah’s Witness girl, she had no idea that moments later, the girl will be dead—and that she’ll be pulled into a dark mystery that no one wants solved.
But Jasmine isn’t just facing human dangers—she’s haunted by the ghost of Bow Kum.
Think Jordan Peele’s Get Out meets Bong Joon-ho’s Okja.
Bow Kum, a Chinese slave girl murdered in NYC Chinatown in 1909. Sold as a child in Guangzhou, she was auctioned off in San Francisco to a gang leader from New York’s Chinatown. When he was imprisoned, Bow found a new life and married a rival gang member—only to be hunted down when her former “owner” was released. She refused to return to him, and for that, she was brutally murdered. Stabbed multiple times in the heart and her fingers severed. Her death ignited the bloody Tong Wars on the infamous streets of Doyers and Pell.
Now, over a century later, Bow’s spirit warns Jasmine that the killings have started again.
Jasmine Yee
An NYU freshman studying photography and journalism, Jasmine struggles to distinguish between reality and the supernatural. Haunted by Bow Kum’s ghost, she begins to fear she’s losing her mind. But as the murders in Chinatown escalate, she realizes the only way to survive is to uncover the truth—before she becomes the next victim.
People don't realize that Chinatown in New York is over 120 years old and there are many untold stories. Bow Kum was known as the Helen of Troy of Chinatown, yet today we don't know her story.
As a native New Yorker and Chinatown resident, I want to make a movie in the community. Everyone that is a part of it has a special tie to Chinatown.
Follow
Please follow our campaign on Seed&Spark. We need at least 350 followers for the campaign.
Contribute
Please consider donating any amount or choose an incentive that excites you.
Share
Please share with your family and friends so they can follow our campaign.
We appreciate your time, support and for following!
Wishlist
Use the WishList to Pledge cash and Loan items - or - Make a pledge by selecting an Incentive directly.
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About This Team
Stephanie Cheng is an Asian American actor and screenwriter based in NYC.