Perhaps no family has made a greater impact on Asian American media than the Nakamura family: Robert A. Nakamura, his wife Karen Ishizuka, and their son Tadashi. During the 30th San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, the Nakmura Family held a community conversation with film historian and CAAM Executive Director Stephen Gong. Here is [...]
“Golden Slumbers” is the story of Cambodia’s Golden Age of cinema, and the destruction of it by the Khmer Rouge. The director, Davy Chou is the grandson of Van Chann, a famous Khmer film producer of the 1960s and ’70s. Unfortunately, due to the Pol Pot regime, theaters were burned to the ground while performers [...]
Our friends at the Asian Contemporary Arts Consortium San Francisco inaugurate Asian Contemporary Art Week San Francisco (ACAW-SF). An unprecedented event in connecting cultural institutions across the Bay Area, ACAW-SF features a variety of programs to celebrate the dynamic of Asian contemporary art practice. 2012 marks the inception of this collaborative effort with 16 participants to present [...]
CAAM provides a wealth of resources for schools, community organizations and companies interested in learning more about Asian American history and stories. This month in particular, students, teachers, professors, libraries and institutions across the US remember the challenges and celebrate the achievements that define our history: Asian Pacific American history. Despite the challenges our communities [...]
The Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) is thrilled to present the second year of the Asian Heritage Street Celebration (AHSC) Cinema Showcase, held at the Asian Art Museum! The event coincides with the street celebration, which is on Saturday May 19th! The Cinema Showcase runs from 2PM to 4PM, and will be held at the Asian Art Museum’s Samsung Hall. Admission to the museum will be free all day, courtesy of Target and there will be no cost to watch the films.
Climbing Sacred Mountain (working title)
Sapana Sakya and Michella Rivera-Gravage
CAAM
This game is a prototype based on DAUGHTERS OF EVEREST, a feature-length documentary film that follows the first Nepali women’s expedition of the highest peak in the world. The game attempts to subvert the notion that mountain climbing is a male dominated activity and summiting the mountain is the given goal of such an endeavor. In it’s place, CLIMBING SACRED MOUNTAIN engages players with an interplay between the strong and spunky protagonists showcasing how diverse personalities might consider and react to a variety of obstacles and choices they face. The game mechanics will highlight socially conscious milestones that encourage civic engagement as players journey from Kathmandu to Everest Base Camp and towards the summit.
Designed to be both entertaining and educational for middle school kids (especially girls), CLIMBING SACRED MOUNTAIN integrates social gaming, cross-cultural engagement and gender empowerment.
Untitled Jake Shimabukuro Documentary
Tadashi Nakamura
CAAM
The documentary follows Jake over the course of his 2010-11 musical season, capturing dynamic performances before sold out crowds, as well as intimate moments of life on the road and visits home to his native Hawai’i, where he has risen from local hero to international star. Along the way, this self taught Japanese American musician—playing the ukulele not as a novelty but as a remarkably versatile instrument—will gently disarm a series of stereotypes. For Jake’s music confronts clichés about the romance and frivolousness of Hawai’ian beach culture, and challenges commonly held audience perceptions of Asian American musicians limiting them to classical and jazz conventions.
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