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Wish you could have been there! The preview screening of the complete two-part series was amazing. One of the best Q&A sessions ever -- it just couldn't end. And then all the talent and MCs were mobbed by the crowd after the screening. Photos are coming. The feedback from some of Vancouver's most influential Asian Canadians has begun to come in:

A mind-blowing suspense thriller that keeps you sitting on the edge of your seat. A white-knuckled roller coaster ride driven by this fantastic all-Asian cast. Byron Mann thrills, Lawrence Chou chills, and Eric Tsang is, well, classic Eric Tsang. CBC has a hit on its hands!

Photos from the Vancouver screenings here. (Thank You, Byron Mann's Unofficial Fansite!)

As you may already know, Jen Sookfong Lee is about to become one of the most celebrated newly published Canadian authors -- with her first novel, The End of East coming out in March (Knopf Canada), and the second in the works ... we were all really curious to know what she thought. Jen posted her response to the film on her blog.

"... easily the best-acted and best-written television movie I've seen in years." More here.

The best part of the screening was when the crowd cheered at one of the end-scenes!

I am highly impressed with the casting and plot of the story. I'm not a big TV fan but for me to sit there and watch 2 episodes back to back without feeling fidgety, it's a MUST see! I've told all of my friends and colleagues.

More to come ...

Dear Friends,
Dragon Boys, the two part mini-series is airing this coming Sunday and Monday, Jan 7 and 8 at 8 pm to 10 pm.

Working closely with the Asian Community, Writer/Exec Producer Ian Weir did a great job keeping it real, working with material outside his own culture. It stars some of my TO friends Jean Yoon and Simon Wong. Simon's character was especially real for me personally as I had started a youth gang upon my early arrival in TO. We even called ourselves "Nine Dragons" as there were initially nine of us from the same hood in Kowloon (translates 9 Dragons). I started the gang as a means of survival. I was constantly getting beat up after school by trailer trash bullies. The same trailer trash that were portray in Dragon Boys. My gang involvement strained my relationship with my dad who's Baldwin St. eatery was struggling with extortion threats from the triad at the time. Watching the preview on Tuesday night was like having my childhood flash me by.

Posted on David Ing, at large:

"One of the fringe benefits of living in an urban centre like Toronto is events like this free preview screening of Dragon Boys. Dragon Boys is tv mini-series produced by the CBC, with a story centering on a police officer and drug gangs in Vancouver. It has the distinction of being the first major television production in North America with all Asian Canadian leads." Read the complete blog post here.