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Different press write up or news on MDI team members or our projects:

(For video or radio interviews, please head to MDI’s Vimeo Page (currently updated media coverage from 2013). Click on each article to read more.

2024

October 31 – Johnny K. Wu inducted into 2024 Ohio Civil Rights Hall of Fame.

On Oct. 31, the Ohio Civil Rights Commission (OCRC), along with sponsors Wright State University, Honda and PNC, hosted the 15th annual Ohio Civil Rights Hall of Fame induction ceremony. The Civil Rights Hall of Fame seeks to acknowledge outstanding Ohioans who are recognized as pioneers in human and civil rights and who have advanced the goals of equality and inclusion.

The 2024 Ohio Civil Rights Hall of Fame honorees include:

  • S. Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (Columbus)
  • Jordan A. Miller, Jr. (Columbus)
  • Susan Upton Farley (1941-2020) (Woodlawn)
  • Dwight Tillery (Cincinnati)
  • Cleaster Whitehurst-Mims (Cincinnati)
  • James L. Hardiman (Cleveland)
  • Johnny Wu (Cleveland)
  • Robert C. “Chip” Harrod (Cincinnati)
  • Raymond L. Fitz, S.M. (Dayton)
  • Bishop James Robert Allen Culp (Toledo)
  • Sarah and Peter Fossett (Cumminsville).

You can watch the entire video or forward to 1hr 27mins where Johnny K. Wu gave his speech. Congratulations Johnny for this well-deserved honor.

August 20 – Passport to Peace : One World Day embraces cultural diversity

August 20 – WKYC – Celebrating the Manu Cultures that Call Northeast Ohio Home

June 24 – Shoutout Ohio

June 24 – Cleveland.com – International Horror Hotel Film Festival

June 23 – Plenty of scary scenes: International Horror Hotel Film Festival draws 500 fans, wraps up another year

June 19 – The Horror Hotel Film Festival Offers Four Days of Cinematic Immersion

June 13 – Lucky 13: International Horror Hotel Film Fest to haunt Crown Plaza

June 12 – WKYC Calling all Horror Fans!

May 23: Cleveland Asian Festival sets records, two attendees win FreshWater raffle

May 18: 2024 Cleveland Asian Festival: Annual event returns this weekend for 15th year – WKYC

May 14 – The Cleveland Asian Festival returns – WKYC

May 14 – Kenny discovers so many experiences at this year’s Cleveland Asian Festival  – Fox8 News Kickin it with Kenny

May 13 – Cleveland.com – Cleveland Asian Festival is May 18-19

May 9 – Cleveland International Hall Of Fame and here about Johnny K. Wu

May 9 – Worlds of fun: AsiaTown prepares for 15th annual Cleveland Asian Festival

May 8 – Annual Horror Hotel Film Festival To Take Place in June 

April 20 – GALA (Global Ambassador Language Academy) Culture and Art Award (introduction video)

April 10 – Fan Expo welcomes Trekkers, Jedis and more to Cleveland this weekend

March 20 – Midnight Movie with Johnny Wu and Wu Xia 2 The Code

March 10 – Midnight Movie with Johnny Wu and Wu Lin The Society

March 3 – Johnny Wu Movie VIP Premiere Event: Bullets, Brothers and Blood, Atlas Cinemas Lakeshore

March 2 – This is how it looks like at a Movie Premiere

Feb 29 – Daily Inspiration: Meet Johnny K. Wu

Feb 29 – NewsNet 5 – New film shot by Cleveland filmmaker to be released this weekend

Feb 29 – Cleveland Filmmaker Johnny Wu Hosts Premiere of his Latest Action/Adventure Film

Feb 29 – WKYC – A Locally Filmed Movie!

Feb 27 – FreshWaterCleveland.com: Flying bullets: Local filmmaker Johnny Wu releases newest work

Feb 27 – BNN Breaking – Heart Over Hurdles: Johnny K. Wu’s Triumph in Indie Filmmaking Amidst Health Battles

Feb 24 – Cleveland.Com / Plain Dealer 

Feb 20 – WCSB Show (Listen) talks about Cleveland Asian Festival, the movie Bullets, Brothers and Blood and Cleveland Cultural Gardens’ One World Day

Feb 15 – TV 20 – Creative Focus

Jan 24 – Preparing for Lunar New Year (WKYC)


2023

November 15 – Review: Tyler N. Thomas’ LGBT: Lethal Gay Butcher of Terror

October 24 – Class of 2024 Cleveland International Hall of Fame

October 25 – Review on Johnny Wu’s Immortal Combat the Code on Tubi

October 16 – Review on Johnny Wu’s Innerself feature film on Tubi

July 1 – From dancing in middle school to dancing to share their culture

May 22 – Cleveland festival celebrates Asian culture

May 17 – Celebrate Asian Culture!

May 17 – Cleveland Asian Festival Returns to AsiaTown This Weekend

May 17 – Local Filmmaker Johnny Wu Talks Cleveland Asian Festival and New Documentary

May 16 – Johnny K. Wu & Lisa Wong – Cleveland Asian Festival

May 15 –

May 10 –

May 1 – AAPI Month: Cleveland’s AsiaTown and Asian Festival highlight thriving community


Mar 21 – FanExpo Cleveland schedule, guests, hours, ticket costs and everything to know

Mar 14 – Everything Everywhere All At Once took home seven Academy Awards Sunday night.

Feb 22 – Brief treats: 12 Years of the Short. Sweet. Film Fest

Feb 16 – OCA Cleveland documentary on Cleveland’s Chinese Americans to air on WKYC Sunday

Jan 22 – Cleveland’s Asian community reacts to mass shooting in LA


2022

Oct 27 – VoyagerOhio Magazine

Sep 27 – Northeast Ohio’s filmmaking future looks bright, but more can be done

August 24 – Experience the world: What to expect at One World Day 2022

August 9 – Chagrin Documentary Film Fest Announces Selected Films for 2022

August 4 – Documentary film “History of Cleveland’s Chinatown” Premiere

May 21 – Cleveland Asian Festival

May 16 – The 2022 Cleveland Asian Festival Returns May 21-22

April 29 – Why to Go: Cleveland Asian Festival

March 31 – Asiatown adapts: Changes coming to Cleveland neighborhood to encourage growth

March 11 – Asiatown’s Long History of Providing Community in Cleveland

March 9 – 2022 Cleveland Asian Festival


2021

Nov 2 – 42nd Annual Young Artist Academy Awards Presenters

Nov 1 – Seeking Distribution As An Indie Filmmaker with Johnny Wu (Lecture)

Oct 22 – Investigation into circumstances of shooting on Alec Baldwin film set brings up questions of safety

Oct 6 – Cleveland’s Asian entertainment industry to boom with new, upcoming films

Sep 28 – Additional reviews on Wu Lin The Society is available at the Press Kit page.

Sep 16 – Festivals, concerts and more: 20 things to do in Cleveland this weekend, Sept. 17-19

Sep 16 – 5 Things To Do In NEO: Celebrate Hispanic Heritage, ‘Cirque Us’ And Jazz

Sep 16 – WKCY Cleveland filmmaker Johnny Wu to premier latest project locally September 18

July 20 – Review: Wu Lin: The Society (USA, 2021)

July 20 – You Have a Chance to See “Wu Lin: The Society” in a Theater…or Virtually!

July 18 – Wu Lin The Society – Johnny Wu’s latest Indie Sci-Fi Feature Film

July 15 – Cleveland filmmaker Johnny Wu’s latest film ‘Wu Lin The Society’ to premiere locally in September

July 13 – Johnny Wu To Screen His New Sci-Fi Film in September at Atlas Cinemas Lakeshore 7

June 29 – ArtapreneursSummit

May 14 – Lisa Wong & Johnny K. Wu – Cleveland Asian Festival is Returning!

April 21 – Cleveland Asian Festival goes virtual for 2021

March 28 – Stop The Asian Hate Rally – City of Cleveland

March 26 – #StopAsianHate interview with CW43.

March 7 – Marking High Quality Indie Films on a Low Budget

February 25 – On Cleveland.com : Cleveland Filmmaker Johnny Wu talks favorite dining choices: Five for Friday.

February 13 – Happy Lunar New Year, today marks the first day of the celebration and we are honored to have our founder Johnny K. Wu to be featured at Stage 32 on their Membership Spotlight.
February 9 – FreshWater Cleveland article about our documentary project.

February 4 – I was interviewed by Dr. Ashley Little for her show Creating Your Seat At the Table. https://www.facebook.com/1SIBN/videos/3796188417105765

January 22 – We lost one of our own and pioneer in the AsiaTown community, here’s a tribute to her, Donna Hom. Click here to read

January 22 – I was part of the Cleveland News5 news on Covid Impact on Cinemas. https://youtu.be/tSAinheY_2Y

January 20 – I was honored to be part of this promotional video from WKYC Channel 3 here about our community. https://youtu.be/ojsKK6G5ldI

2020

December 11, 2020 – News5 Cleveland did a coverage on Covid Impact On Cinema, I was honored to be part of it. https://youtu.be/tSAinheY_2Y

Reel Talk on Immortal Combat the Code aka Wu Xia 2 The Code

September 1: Cleveland Scene Magazine: Cleveland Director Johnny Wu’s Latest Movie Receives Domestic Release

September 1: FreshWater Cleveland : Award-winning Cleveland filmmaker Johnny Wu’s newest film releases today on DVD

August 31: Action Elite: Coming Soon: Immortal Combat: The Code

June 30 – MotivAsians – Johnny Wu Film Production Workshop

May – CoolCleveland.com:  Take a Virtual Tour of AsiaTown or Get in Your Car and Do It for Real

April 02 – Cleveland.com What’s the first thing you want to do when you’re free to go out? Clevelanders share their thoughts

February 1 – Chicago Cultural Alliance – Wu Xia 2 to screen at Chicago Chinese American Museums

2019

October 26 – Beacon Journal : Akron ComiCon to welcome Superhost and screening of Rottentail / Parker Spider-Man Fan Film.

August 20 – Ken Carpenter’s Review

August 16 – NewsNet5 Cleveland

August 16 – VIP Movie Premiere Day of Coverage

August 16 – Great Lakes Geek 2

August 15 – Music Box’s Film Cafes

August 14 – Cleveland. Com

August 14 – Johnny Wu’s Innerself Runner Up Competition For Best Musicals at the Hollywood Dreams Film Festival in Las Vegas

August 13 – Great Lakes Geek

August 13 – CoolCleveland.Com

August 12 – Cleveland Scene Magazine

August 11 – Rant & Rave with Don Michael’s

August 3 – The Action Elite – Indie Feature

July 9 – The World Film Geek – Wu Xia 2 The Code Review

June 8th – Horror Hotel and Convention – Lecture

May 23 – Filmmakers On – Ben Zgorecki

May 15 – Fox8 Kickin it with Kennyk:

  • Segment 1:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2d_q293oDaI
  • Segment 2:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGkWBWHMQlY
  • Segment 3:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Y61oMMyQmQ
  • Segment 4: https://youtu.be/4x_JKK_4JSY
  • Segment 5:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XRXOS-6SS

May 15 – WKYC – Lisa Wong and Johnny Wu – 2019 Cleveland Asian Festival

May 14 – IdeaStream – The Sound of Ideas

May 14 – WKYC – Johnny Wu and Lisa Wong for Cleveland Asian Fesitval

May 10 – Neighbor Up Spotlight

May 3 – WKYC We The People

April 26 – VoiceItRadio – BackStage

April 18 – Filmmakers On – Johnny K. Wu

April 6-11 – NAB in Las Vegas, Wu participated as part of the Gudesn Presentation:

Jan 8 – CES Show in Las Vegas, I will be doing a tips and tricks at Moza Booth

Jan 2019 – Cleveland Magazine 9 Upcoming Movie, Show Debuts With NEO Ties

2018

October : Cleveland Ward 7 Newsletter: Johnny K. Wu Multi-talented, Multi-faceted, and Trilingual

October 12: Lorain Palace Theater to host indie film festival 

September 24: Cleveland Cultural Gardens 73rd Annual One World Day

August 20: Children and families explore cultural diversity during One World Day on September 16

August 20: Extended by popular demand: Asian Lantern Festival will run longer, Chinese artists stay to help

August: CoolCleveland.com : Neo Comic Con Sees Quadruple in North Olmsted

July 20: Asian Lantern Festival Lights Up Cleveland Metroparks Zoo

July 2nd : Erie Chinese Journal : Asian Highlands Opens at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo

May 9th: Greater Cleveland Film Commission

May 7th: FreshWater Cleveland

May 4th: CoolCleveland.com

April 27th: G1NBC Live Interview

April 24 : ClevelandPeople.com

April 15: Destination Cleveland

April 11: Destination Cleveland

February 16: Johnny Wu and friends giving panel discussion on Fan Films, Fight Choreography and Safety at 2018 Wizard World Cleveland Comic Con.

January: OCA Cleveland

2017

October 31: The News Herald

October 30: Cleveland Scene Magazine

October 6: Live Cleveland

September 21 : 48 Hour Film Project – Alumni Achievements: 48HFPer’s Dr. Who Fan Film Gets Attention Of Whovians Around The World

August 12: The IndieGathering Film Festival and Convention

August: The IndieGathering Film Festival and Convention

August 8: The Cleveland Movie Blog

August: Reddit comment on T.R.A.C.E.

June 16: Night Markets Cleveland

June 13: The Cleveland Movie Blog

June: CoolCleveland.com

May 25: Cuyahoga Arts & Culture

May 20-21: ClevelandPeople.com

May: Cleveland Asian Festival (Johnny Wu is one of the co-founders)

May: Fan Film Follies

May 3: Plain Dealer (Cleveland.com)

April 11: This is Cleveland (Destination Cleveland)

April 4: ClevelandPeople.com

March 20: Jeff Yanik Productions

March 19: GreatLakesGeeks.com

March 13: Global Cleveland

October 2, 2016 – WKYC Channel 3 talks to Johnny Wu about diversity and inclusion under their new program called Square Talk.

September 25, 2016 – MDI’s Johnny Wu and team/actors attended the Batman Day & Fundraiser Epipens4murrayRidge over at the Strongsville Hobby of Elyria

September 16-18, 2016 – MDI’s Johnny Wu and team participated the 7th annual Intervention Con in Rockville, MD to promote Project E 1337 and T.R.A.C.E. A Doctor Who Fan Film Web Series.

September 10, 2016 – Check out all the media coverage compiled about the 71st annual One World Day that was produced by MDI’s Johnny Wu

September 7, 2016 – Over 20,000 visit Cleveland Gardens on 71st Annual One World Day a program produced by MDI’s Johnny Wu

September 1st, 2016 – We launched the official Cleveland Premiere for Project E 1337 by Jason L. Wang, Project Die Happy by Keith Collins II, Wu Xia a Martial Arts Tango and get to watch free T.R.A.C.E. A Doctor Who Fan Film Web Series – the complete season 1, support locally made films and the filmmakers! Get your tickets now!

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August 19, 2016 – Cleveland Plain Dealer Laura DeMarco wrote about Cleveland’s unique AsiaTown.

August 17, 2016 – Action a Go Go website did a quick review of Wu’s latest short film Wu Xia a Martial Arts Tango.

August 15, 2016 – A quick mentioning of Wu’s latest short action film Wu Xia – A Martial Arts Tango by WorldFilmGeek.com

August 12-14, 2016 – Wu participated at the 2016 IndieGathering Film Festival and Convention, providing insights lectures on Producer and Marketing.

August 10, 2016 – Although born in Cleveland, Johnny Wu was honored to be one of the panels to talk about immigrants in Cleveland at the Maltz Museum. Check out this short summary by Mike Patterson with the Margaret Wong and Associates lawfirm. More videos and photos available at ClevelandPeople.com

July 20, 2016: AsiaTown, on east side of Cleveland, is cohesive, thriving

July 18, 2016: Strickland Critized for Controversial Fortune Cookie Campaign Props (published on blogs, newspapers and NPR radio)

June 16, 2016: Cleveland Asian Festival – Big Numbers, Big Success

May 20, 2016: Cleveland Asian Festival shines a light on AsiaTown

May 19, 2016: Cleveland Asian Festival to lure thousands May 21 and 22 with food vendors and more

April 14, 2016: A great article written by PureFandom.com

February 25: 2016 – A fun write up by Plain Dealer’s John Petkovic on Johnny Wu and Wizard World.

February 22, 2016 – CoolCleveland article about T.R.A.C.E. @ Wizard World Cleveland

February 18, 2016 – Sandusky Register article about T.R.A.C.E. @ Wizard World Cleveland

February 16, 2016 – Fresh Water Cleveland Magazine writes about Wu with Wizard World Cleveland.

February 8, 2016 – GreatLakesGeeks.com posted two video interviews with Johnny Wu

February 2016 – Trillist Cleveland name Wu as one of 11 to have the Coolest Jobs in Cleveland

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January 24, 2016 – Moviepilot.com article on TRACE back at Wizard World.

January 20, 2016 – Wu and the crew will be part of the 2016 Wizard World Cleveland Comic Con on Feb 26-28 and also to give panel workshop on how to make fan films.

January 19, 2016 – Cleveland Tech’s and Geek site posting about T.R.A.C.E. @ Wizard World Cleveland.

November 10, 2015 – Johnny Wu is back again to serve as the Producer for 2016 Cleveland Cultural Gardens’ One World Day – A Centennial Celebration for Cleveland Cultural Gardens.

September 24, 2015 – Johnny Wu talks about Cleveland’s own Night Market.

September 21, 2015 – T.R.A.C.E. A Doctor Who Fan Film Webseries Episode 3 has been accepted to be shown outdoor at the 1st Annual Ohio City Film Festival on Oct 3rd.

September 18, 2015 – A nice write up by Love Fan Film website about our TRACE Episode 4.

September 18, 2015 – T.R.A.C.E. A Doctor Who Fan Film Webseries Episode 3 and 4 will be shown at the Tri-Cities International Film Festival on October 17 in Richmond, WA.

September 16, 2015 – Check out the Johnny Wu team on Fox8’s Kickin’ it with Kenny to show case how easy to ride a self-balancing mini scooter and what other application it can be used for.

September 4-7, 2015 – TRACE Doctor is at Fan Expo Canada!

August 28-30, 2015 – Johnny Wu and the team participated at the 20th Annual The Indie Gathering Film Festival and Convention, the team also provided several lectures and being panelists to help provide support and insights to filmmakers in attendance. Our own TRACE A Doctor Who Fan Film Webseries Episode 2 and 3 were shown to a full house on Sunday afternoon.

August 23, 2015 – TRACE Doctor marched proudly along the British Flag during the 70th Annual One World Day in celebrating the 99th year of the Cleveland Cultural Gardens.

August 20, 2015 – Johnny Wu and the board members of the Cleveland Cultural Gardens on Fox8’s Kickin’ it with Kenny show to promote the 70th Annual One World Day.

August 16, 2015 – TRACE A Doctor Who Fan Film was at the NEO Comic Con, receiving a lot of excitement and interest.

July 10-12, 2015 – MDI sponsored a team to participate as a non-competitive group at the Cleveland’s 48 Hours Film Competition, our goal was to showcase our talent and to proof that you CAN make a quality film within less than 48 hours time. As this is a non-competition project, we create a new group of members calling ourselves the J-Crew.

March 1, 2015 – Johnny Wu commissioned to be the Co-Producer for the 2015 One World Day, the official event of the Cleveland Cultural Gardens.

Feb 17, 2015 – Sandusky Register article mentioning of TRACE.

Feb 14, 2015 – Johnny Wu was interviewed for the “7 Minutes with Russ Mitchell: Alan Dutka and Johnny Wu”

Feb 13, 2015 – News-Herald Newspaper – Wizard World Comic Con Cleveland 2015.

Feb 12, 2015 – More Festivals/Conventions showing T.R.A.C.E.

Feb 11, 2015 – Business, Science and Technology News, Events and Resources – Great Lakes Geek Show!

Feb 10, 2015 – TRACE Cast/Director interviewed by VoiceitRadio.com

Feb 2, 2015 – MoviePilot.com post, click here to read.

Feb 1, 2015 – TRACE will be part of the Wizard World Comic Con Cleveland 2015 – having 3 booths and doing a panel discussion on how to make fan films.

Jan 10, 2015 – Plain Dealer – Streat Burger prepares to close Feb. 7 after 18 months in Lakewood

Dec 15, 2014 – MDI’s T.R.A.C.E. A Doctor Who Fan Film Webseries Episode 1 won 2 Pixie Awards Platinum on Visual Effects and Fun Project categories

Dec 12, 2014 – Teaser Trailer released for T.R.A.C.E. on MoviePilot.com

Dec 13, 2014 – UltraFlix App for 4K TV sets for Samsung, LG, Sony and Vizio will start showing all TRACE films FREE to viewers.

Dec 13, 2014 – T.R.A.C.E. Teaser Trailer was shared by Kasterborous Doctor Who News’ Facebook page.

Dec 11, 2014 – T.R.A.C.E. A Doctor Who Fan Film Webseries E2-7 Teaser Trailer released with overwhelmed positive feedback. You can see it at http://bit.ly/traceteaser

Dec 5, 2014 – T.R.A.C.E. write up on Moviepilot.com

Nov 22, 2014 – Wrapped T.R.A.C.E. A Doctor Who Fan Film Webseries E2-7

Nov 3, 2014 – Another blog at MoviePilot.com on T.R.A.C.E.

Oct 22, 2014 – Episode 1 of TRACE has been accepted to 2014 Ohio Independent Film Festival!

Oct 3, 2014 – Friday news @ Kasterborous.com mentioned of T.R.A.C.E.

Oct 3, 2014 – Article posted on Doctor Who Worldwide page on T.R.A.C.E.

Sep 26, 2014 – MoviePilot.com has a blog written about T.R.A.C.E.

Sep 20, 2014 – Director Wu moderated a panel Q&A with filmmaker and actor Livi and brother Ken Zheng of Brush with Danger film at Tower City Cinemas

Sep 18, 2014 – MDI’s founder Johnny Wu appointed to City of Cleveland’s Consumer Council Advisory Board.

Sep 4, 2014 – T.R.A.C.E. Episode 1 was accepted into 2014 Tri-Cities International Fantastic Film Festival in WA.

Sep 4, 2014 – T.R.A.C.E. on Doctor Who Online

Aug 28, 2014 – T.R.A.C.E. write up on Examiner.com

Aug 23, 2014 – MDI’s started an Indigogo Crowdfunding campaign to help raise funds for T.R.A.C.E. A Doctor Who Fan Film Webseries Episode 2-7.

Aug 29, 2014 – T.R.A.C.E. write up on Chronicle-Telegram.

June 13, 2014 – Real People Real Cleveland Article on Plain Dealer

June 1, 2014 – Johnny Wu talks about T..R.A.C.E. on AsiaTown Voice Radio 88.7FM WJCU

May 9, 2014 – Erie Chinese Journal wrote about T.R.A.C.E.

May 7, 2014 – The Premiere of T.R.A.C.E., sold out!

May 7, 2914 – Johnny Wu at 2013 The Indiegathering Film Festival & Convention to talk about marketing.

May 6, 2014 – Johnny Wu and The Cleveland Asian Festival.

May 5, 2014 – Erie Chinese Journal quick write up about T.R.A.C.E.

May 3, 2014 – Doctor Who fan film to watch out for.

April 28, 2014 – First mini-preview review for T.R.A.C.E., click here to read.

April 20, 2014 – Premiere date set for T.R.A.C.E. and other fan films and trailers, showing on May 7 at 7pm at Atlas Cinemas Lakeshore 7, tickets sold out on April 28th. Films showing include WILL, A Joker’s Card, S: A Superman Fan Film and T.R.A.C.E. – A Doctor Who Fan Film Webisode Episode 1.

Feb 8, 2014 – OCA Cleveland 2014 Inauguration Reception event.

Feb 3, 2014 – University of Akron’s Rethinking Race event with Linsanity The Movie.

Jan 27, 2014 – Doctor Who Fan Film TRACE Episode One Shoot

November 17, 2013 – Johnny Wu’s short film debut : WILL

October 2, 2013 – Johnny Wu, recipient of the 2013 MBE Award for Community Support.

August 18, 2013 – Johnny Wu was inducted into the 2013 International Indie Filmmakers Hall of Fame in Editing.

July 20, 2013 – More festivals for S: A Superman Fan Film

March 31, 2013 : Phillip Morris‘ article in Plain Dealer

Feb 10, 2013 : Lunar New Year 2013

Feb 10, 2013 : TV20 Lunar New Year Coverage

Jan 23, 2013 : Fox 8 Lunar New Year Celebrations

Jan 10, 2013 : Cleveland Asian Festival’s impact to AsiaTown

Nov 5, 2012: Johnny Wu on WKYC to talk about an offensive flyer during the political campaign.

Oct 29, 2012: Plain Dealer – Cleveland’s growing Asian community makes an outsized impact

Oct 18, 2012: Plain Dealer – Horseshoe Casino Cleveland makes special effort to cater to Asian-American gamblers.

Oct 15, 2012: Web mini-series started for Accessorizing your DSLR Cameras for low or no budget independent filmmaking without breaking your bank.

Oct 13, 2012: Music video released for Bimbo Boy’s Die From a Broken Heart (As of September 5, 2012, it has garnered over 12,000 views on Youtube and Vimeo)

Oct 1, 2012: S: A Superman Fan Film now accepted into 3 more festival/conventions, total screened at 12 festivals/conventions.

Sep 26, 2012: Jean Claude the Gumming Zombie reviewed by ZMDB

Sep 19, 2012: Jean Claude the Gumming Zombie was reviewed by Undead Air

Sep 5, 2012: MDI is planning to make a martial arts musical short film, pre-production commenced.

Sep 5, 2012: S: A Superman Fan Film got accepted into 2012 Ingenuity Festival Cleveland.

Aug 2, 2012: Jean Claude the Gumming Zombie screened at OSfest 2012 (July 27-29, 2012) in Omaha, NE.

Jul 1, 2012: MDI commissioned to produce 10 episodes of OCA Image TV with grants awarded to OCAGC.

May 18, 2012: Johnny Wu on WKYC to promote Cleveland Asian Festival

Apr 27, 2012: A Jokers Card review on http://bat-mania2012.blogspot.com

Feb 4, 2012: Johnny Wu on Fox8 News to talk about the offensive headline

Jan 23, 2012: Johnny Wu on WCPN Radio celebrating Chinese New Year

Jan 10, 2012: S: A Superman Fan Film review on The Examiner.com

Dec 2, 2001: S: A Superman Fan Film was posted at this Spanish site with a few comments

Dec 2, 2011: S: A Superman Fan Film Interview at Superman Homepage

Dec 2, 2011: S: A Superman Fan Film mentioned on Superham Homepage’s Speeding Bulletin News Video

Nov 30, 2011: S: A Superman Fan Film mentioned on Superman Homepage Podcast – Radio Kal.

Nov 29, 2011: S: A Superman Fan Film shared at StarTrekVoyager’s site

Nov 28, 2011: S: A Superman Fan Film shared at ComicBookMovie.com

Nov 28, 2011: S: A Superman Fan Film shared at The Last Reel Blog

Nov 28, 2011: S: A Superman Fan Film shared at SupermanTV.Net site

Nov 28, 2011: S: A Superman Fan Film on Superman Homepage with comments

Nov 20, 2011: S: A Superman Fan Film review from Cinema-Crazed (3 out of 4 star).

Nov 18, 2011: S: A Superman Fan Film was selected for screening at many festivals (see above for the latest)

Nov 17, 2011: Johnny Wu on FreshWaterCleveland.com

Nov 10, 2011: MDI wins a national 2012 Pixie Gold Award

Oct 15, 2011: Johnny Wu featured in Erie Chinese Journal

Oct 4. 2011: S: A Superman Fan Film received a review

Oct 24, 2011: S: A Superman Fan Film at Batmanfanfilms.com

Oct 9, 2011: Review of S: A Superman Fan Film by Dale Who

Oct. 6, 2011: FreshWaterCleveland.com on S: A Superman Fan Film

Oct. 2, 2011: ComicBookMovie.com on S: A Superman Fan Film

July 1, 2011: Off the beaten tourist path on the 100-Percent Homegrown Cleveland Tour

May 29, 2011: Global Cleveland on Asian success with Cleveland Asian Festival on Cleveland.com

May 16, 2011: Johnny Wu sits on panel at GlobalCle event at CSU.

May 15, 2011: Johnny Wu also co-founder of Cleveland Asian Festival on Cleveland.com

May 12, 2011: FrameLines (PBS Show)

Sep 27, 2010: Cleveland Film News

May 10, 2010: Global Village’s Cleveland Asian Festival on Cleveland.com

Oct 6, 2009: Jean Claude the Gumming Zombie review on Cinema-Crazed.com

Jun 29, 2009: The Examinator: Jean Claude the Gumming Zombie

Jun 25, 2009: The Examinator: Stop the Haters

Jun 24, 2009: The Examinator: The Rapture

Jun 12, 2009: Cleveland Scene Magazine: Geauga Film Festival

May 20, 2009: The Examinator: Cultural differences in filmmaking & an apology to Johnny Wu

May 19, 2009: The Examinator: A Joker’s Card

May 1, 2009: Jean Claude the Gumming Zombie review on Rogue Cinema

Jan 24, 2009: Cleveland Filmmaker Johnny Wu shares Lunar New Year’s Memories – My Cleveland

Sep 18, 2008: The Rapture review on Cinema-Crazed.com

Jul, 2008: FilmSpecific.com: Case Study – Johnny Wu

May 08, 2008: Morning Journal: The Rapture films in Port Clinton

May 11, 2007: Local filmmaker wins contest

Dec 20-27, 2006: An Interview With Johnny Wu – CoolCleveland.com

Aug 7, 2006: En Passant Review on Cinema-Crazed.com

June 28, 2005: A Joker’s Card review Filmthreat.com

June 24, 2005: A Joker’s Card review on Cinema-Crazed.com

June 2005: Cleveland Magazine: Auteur on a Wire

Aug 18, 2004: Cleveland Scene Magazine: Cleveland IndieClub

Aug 1, 2003: Morning Journal: SummerCrush 03

July 22, 2002: Smart Business News: Batteries not Included

Jul 22, 2002: Smart Business News: It’s Who You Know

Jan 12, 2001: Morning Journal: From China with Love – and magic: ”Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon‘

May 18, 2000: Cleveland Scene Magazine – Kung Fu Filming