From Executive Producers: jonnychang, Solomon Chang & Kimmie Kim
In this musical journey towards self acceptance and creative liberation, jonnychang travels through the landscapes of American Television history — wielding his poetic lyricism and dynamic production to explore themes of Asian American identity, mental health & growing pains.
OUR MAGNIFICENT CAST AND CREW
EPISODE 1: “NORMAL” | CREW: Director — Solomon Chang, Director of Photography — Sela Pierce, 1st Assistant Camera — Erick Grajeda, Production Assistant — Rania Ali | CAST: jonnychang, Phoebe Brady, Ikaika Gunderson, & Grace Schafer-Perry | THANK YOU! Uncle Susumu & Tenrikyo Mission Headquarters In Boyle Heights, Los Angeles
EPISODE 2: “YOU” | CREW: Director — Solomon Chang, Director of Photography — Solomon Chang, Lighting Director — Tatiana Tate | CAST: jonnychang
EPISODE 3: “PLANT” | CREW: Director — Jonny Chang, Director of Photography — Solomon Chang, Studio Teacher — Ova Saopeng | CAST: Nouthak Saopeng, Davina Isa San Angel, William Leach & Tobden Toll | THANK YOU! TeAda Productions & the parents of our young superstars
EPISODE 4: “OWN SELF” | CREW: Director — Tiffany Ike, Director of Photography — Solomon Chang, Assistant Director — DeLaynna Corley, Production Designer — Jeung Bok Holmquist, Lighting Directors — Jeung Bok Holmquist & Tatiana Tate, Production Assistants — Rania Ali & Sruchi Patel | CAST: jonnychang, Brandon Santiago, Grace Schafer-Perry & Jonny Williams | THANK YOU! Electric Pony Studios in South Los Angeles
EPISODE 5: “GAME” | CREW: Director — Solomon Chang, Director of Photography — Solomon Chang, Lighting Designer — Joshua Sifuentes, Production Assistant — Noah Baron | CAST: jonnychang & Ryan Chan | THANK YOU! Brava Theater for Women In The Arts in San Francisco, Starline Social Club in Oakland & Joan Osato
MUSIC MIXED & MASTERED BY JMKM
VIDEO EDITING, SOUND DESIGN & COLOR CORRECTION BY 2CHANG
THANK YOU! Our amzing mentor Kimmie Kim. Our community from the Bay to LA to Atlanta, GA. All our family, friends, mentors, and angels.
Director’s Statement From 2Chang
“In a world where we are constantly unseen and unheard, I created The Weather Inside first and foremost to uplift my own people through the re-telling of my lived experiences. Through my music, I hope to make a positive impact on the villages that raised me. It has been difficult, but freeing to document my struggles with anxiety and depression; crises with my own cultural identities; letting go of the past; owning who I am and how I exist; and how I fight for social justice both in work and art, in order to bring peace and health to my communities,”
- jonnychang
“We, as Asian Americans, have not been allowed to truthfully participate in the history of American Television. We have been made out to be exotic villains to fear, docile creatures to patronize, and token families to fill network diversity mandates. I wanted to place my brother’s stories in the visual worlds of 1960s network series, 2000s reality competitions, and 2010s prestige television as an act of combatting these harmful depictions. We are inserting ourselves into these environments, dismantling expectations of what an Asian performer can be in this country, and offering up the alternatives that I have always wished for — and wished my parents and their parents had had as they began navigating this country.”
- Solomon Chang