Director’s Notes with Andrea Yu-Chieh Chung | “José de Jesús Rodríguez’s Back & Forth”

Director Andrea Yu-Chieh Chung reflects on filming artist José de Jesús Rodríguez during a period of transition following his first solo show in New York. The film, titled "José de Jesús Rodríguez’s Back & Forth," was shot over four seasons and captures the artist experimenting with new materials and grappling with themes of oscillation between family responsibility, community connection, and artistic defiance.