christine thomas yoon

Christine Thomas Yoon is a documentary filmmaker and educator who believes in the power of stories to heal, connect, and empower communities. Her work explores housing inequality, gentrification, intergenerational narratives, and environmental conservation. A Peace Corps alumna, Christine’s love for filmmaking first took root during her time serving in Guinea, West Africa and blossomed during her MA at NYU in Documentary Film, Activism, & Education.

Her award-winning documentary Ralph & Bug highlights Black fatherhood and housing injustice in Brooklyn, leading her to share her work on filmmaker panels about visual anthropology and cinematic advocacy. As a teacher, she has developed youth activist filmmaking programs and collaborated with teaching film and storytelling classes with organizations like Himalayan Intercollege, NYU’s Urban Democracy Lab, Housing Justice for All, Tribeca Community School, and Bailey’s Café.

Currently, Christine is impact coordinating for Emergent City, a feature documentary examining urban climate justice, gentrification, and the fight for the right to the city in Sunset Park, Brooklyn—supporting the film’s mission through community screenings, outreach, and partnership-building. She is also in the film festival run with Stoop Chat with Sweat & Maani, part of an intergenerational documentary series connecting Brooklyn youth and elders. In development are her projects with As Quiet As It's Kept, a community archive honoring Bed-Stuy artists and a collaborative film with students in India and the U.S. exploring climate and cultural conservation in the Himalayas.