Fighting Back
2025 WINNER - BEST NYC FILM
2025 NOMINEE - BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
2024
United States
10 mins
Documentary Film Competition
| Xiaoying Su | |
| Justin Zimmerman, Yunhong Pu, Yaakov Gottlieb, Ashley Lam | |
| Jessica Ng (Jessica Ng) | |
| Implied Violence |
FIGHTING BACK follows Jessica Ng, a first-generation Hong Kong-Chinese American and internationally recognized Muay Thai fighter. Her self-defense classes empower Asian American and Pacific Islander women at a time of an alarming rise of Anti-Asian hate crimes in New York City in recent years. FIGHTING BACK explores themes of love, energy and growth as Jessica navigates her identity, public responsibilities and newfound motherhood.
About the Director
Xiaoying Su, known as Echo Su, is a New York-based documentary filmmaker specializing in women’s rights and social justice. With a journalism background, she has directed, produced, and edited award-winning films like First Saké Brewery in New York and Christian Demarco, featured in festivals like DOC NYC, among others. She holds dual MFA degrees in Social Documentary Film (SVA) and Broadcast Television (CUC) and has taught filmmaking in Yunnan, China.
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Awards
2024 Hamilton New York International Film Festival – Best Short Documentary, Hammer Award Most Inspirational Filmmaker
