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Song of Earthroot (Trailer)

Song of Earthroot tells the story of Kinh T. Vu, a gay Vietnamese American music education professor who was adopted at the end of the American War in Vietnam. We follow Kinh as he returns to Saigon, Vietnam for the 37th time in 11 years as he reclaims his story by writing his first song, titled “Viet Nam Xin Loi” (I’m Sorry, Vietnam).


Feature Documentary
61 min, 2023


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Production: 4th District Co.

Director: Aaron Hwang, Josh Pei
Editor: Aaron Hwang
Photography: Jacob Chang-Rascle






Lighter Than Air (Trailer)

Lighter Than Air is 4th District’s 2nd feature-length film. We follow world-class high-altitude paragliders Antoine Girard and Veso Ovcharov as they attempt to fly over K2 and rediscover the meaning of paragliding at extreme levels.


Feature Documentary
Post-Production, 2024



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Production: 4th District Co.

Director/DP: Jacob Chang-Rascle, Josh Pei
Writer: Aaron Hwang, Josh Pei
Editor: Aaron Hwang
Assistant Editor: Eric Wang, Kreiver Zhou




Eyval


Eyval is a portrait of Ali Saboor, the warm and friendly head chef of Eyval, a Persian-American restaurant in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn.


Short Documentary
18 min, 2025


Director: Peter Ackerman
Producers: Peter Ackerman, Aaron Hwang
Interview Cinematographer: Josh Pei
Cinematographers: Aaron Hwang, Eric Wang, Peter Ackerman
Editor: Peter Ackerman
Additional Editor: Aaron Hwang
Colorist: Jacob Chang-Rascle

Music: Amir Sanjari
Contributing Musician, Drums: Lily Finnegan
Credits Music: Mehrnam Rastegari
Music Supervisor: Becky Mathai
Sound: Aaron Hwang, Eric Wang
Sound Production: Mr. Bronx Audio Post, Butter Music and Sound
Sound Mixing: Michael Artuso
SFX Editor: Tiffany Walter

Archival: Peter Ackerman
Teaser Trailer: Eric Wang
BTS Photography: Eric Wang

Production Companies
4th District, 4thdistrict.com
Mr. Bronx Audio, bronxaudio.com
Butter Music and Sound, gimmebutter.com

 


C.J. Red Mouth - Red Line


Music Video
2024


Production: 4th District Co.

Artist: C.J. Red Mouth
Director: Aaron Hwang
DP: Jacob Chang-Rascle
Producer: Josh Pei
Editor: Chelsea Chen, Jay Kimball





The Art of Watchmaking


Short Documentary
2018

Client: Boston University

Director & Producer: Aaron Hwang
Additional Video: Jay Kimball