Got thoughts about immigration? Please join us virtually for a FREE social screening on OVEE, May 22 at 7p.m. ET, of The Undocumented (dir. Marco Williams) co-presented by the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM), Vision Maker Media, Black Public Media and Latino Public Broadcasting. Watch here: https://ovee.itvs.org/screenings/ej3gp Film description Border Patrol agents, Native Americans, [...]
Congratulations to Abigail Wong (Grade 11) of Daly City for her winning video submission for the 2013 “Growing Up Asian in America” contest! Here’s her winning video “My Presidential Vision”. Can you say first Asian American female president? We’re waiting… Growing Up Asian in America, is a signature program of the Asian Pacific Fund, and [...]
The month of May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month and CAAM has some great things going on to celebrate! Kick off APA Heritage Month celebrations early by joining us for FREE online social screenings on OVEE TV! Upcoming screenings! May 22: The Undocumented : https://ovee.itvs.org/screenings/ej3gp May 30: Seeking Asian Female : https://ovee.itvs.org/screenings/f8dwu Previous screenings April 30: Asian American Festival Favorites (Shorts): https://ovee.itvs.org/screenings/zy9df [...]
blog: CAAM Presents More Ways to Celebrate APA Heritage Month Celebrate APA Heritage Month early. Log on Tuesday, April 30th at 12:30pm Pacific Time for a special screening of shorts by Asian American media makers. Spend your lunch/afternoon break watching these fun shorts and interacting with other viewers (and some of the filmmakers) online at [...]
“Inheritance” will be available on CAAMedia.org until June Inheritance (2012) is a personal documentary film that illuminates diasporic identity formation in the shadow of Iranian gender politics and the Islamic Revolution. Inside her mother’s home, the filmmaker excavates the detritus that cushioned her splintering family as they traversed the uneven terrains of Revolution, divorce and [...]
Jake Shimabukuro: Life on Four Strings
Tadashi Nakamura
CAAM
Jake Shimabukuro: Life on Four Strings is a compelling portrait of an inspiring and inventive musician whose virtuoso skills on the ukulele have transformed all previous notions of the instrument’s potential. Through intimate conversations with Shimabukuro (she-ma-BOO-koo-row), Life on Four Strings reveals the cultural and personal influences that have shaped the man and the musician. On the road from Los Angeles to New York to Japan, the film captures the solitary life on tour: the exhilaration of performance, the wonder of newfound fame, the loneliness of separation from home and family.
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Mr. Cao Goes To Washington
S. Leo Chiang
CAAM
What happens when the naiveté of a political rookie clashes with the realities of racial and partisan politics of the South?
Mr. Cao Goes to Washington is a fascinating character study of Congressman Joseph Cao, a Vietnamese American Republican elected by surprise in an African American Democratic district in New Orleans. Will Cao make it through his term with his idealism intact?
A Center for Asian American Media Production in association with Walking Iris Media.
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