What’s
Going
On? Everything,
All
at
Once
By
Ben
Fong-Torres
MAY
8,
2022
With
“Like
a
Rolling
Stone:
The
Life
and
Times
of
Ben
Fong-Torres”
the
documentary
about
me,
now
out
today
and
streaming
merrily
along
on
Netflix,
I’m
officially
in
the
film
industry.
Actually,
that’s
been
the
case
since
last
June,
when
the
documentary,
which
stole
its
title
from
a
popular
column
at
Asian
Connections
created
by
director
Suzanne
Joe
Kai's
son
Mike
when
he
was
14,
premiered
at
the
Tribeca
Film
Festival
in
Manhattan.
In
the
months
since,
the
film,
which
was
produced,
written
and
directed
by
Suzanne,
screened
at
various
other
festivals,
picked
up
awards,
including
a
Critics
Choice
honor,
a
2022
Nomination
by
the
Writers
Guild
of
America
for
Best
Documentary
Screenplay,
a
Best
Music
Film
Award
at
the
Newport
Beach
Film
Festival,
the
Audience
Award
from
the
Asian
American
Film
Festival
in
San
Diego,
and
scored
more
than
112
press
reviews
and
mentions
(so
far)
-
all
quite
positive
reviews.
And
I
find
myself
mingling
with
movie
people.
In
March,
I
attended
the
premiere
of
“Everything
Everywhere
All
at
Once,”
starring
Michelle
Yeoh,
at
the
Castro
Theater
here
in
San
Francisco.
Our
only
previous
connection
was
at
a
Lunar
New
Year
parade,
in
2018,
when
she
was
the
glamorous
grand
marshall
and
I
was
co-anchor
of
KTVU’s
broadcast.
From
a
distance,
we
waved
at
each
other.
Or
maybe
she
was
just
waving
to
her
fans.