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Love, grief and fried chicken

Lulu Wang didn’t really have to explain that unlike the other speakers seated beside the chicken coop and herb garden at the downtown L.A. gallery Hauser & Wirth , she doesn’t “work in food specifically .”

Many in the audience were admirers of Wang’s work as the director of “The Farewell,” which won the 2020 Independent Spirit Award for best feature, and as the creator of last year’s Amazon Prime series “Expats.” She was onstage with Sana Javeri Kadri , founder of Diaspora Spice Co

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