Filmmakers Jiin and Bright Chang on ”Stranger” | Film Club #36

In November 2023, siblings Jiin and Bright Chang launched a crowdfunding campaign for a feature film to be shot in Alaska. This spring, they plan to shoot “Stranger.” Jinn is the writer and director of the movie. Bright serves as its producer.

Stranger tells the story of a runaway man returning to Alaska to visit his ailing mother. When he gets entangled with the homeless community, he discovers a long-buried family secret that threatens to upend his entire life.

ATMI producer Jordan Kehl sat down with Jiin and Bright in the ATMI studio to talk about their upcoming film, the challenges to crowdfunding a feature length movie, and moving to Alaska in their teens after growing up in Taiwan and the U.K.

Hosted by Roey McCowan.

Music by Kendrick Whiteman and Devin Shreckengost.

Find out more about Stranger on their website. 

Alaska Teen Media Institute is based in Anchorage, Alaska. We would like to acknowledge the Dena’ina people, whose land we work on.