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, [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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blog: More Ways to Celebrate APA Heritage Month!  This May, CAAM is thrilled to bring you a series of films that will be broadcast on a PBS station near you! Looking for more great programs during APA Heritage Month? Check out the KQED APA Heritage program. CAAM is proud to present these films: Among B-Boys www.amongbboys.com [...]

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Here’s your chance to win a trip to meet ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro in person! It all started in 2006, when a video of Jake playing George Harrison’s “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” was uploaded on YouTube. Twenty million-plus views later, it stands out as one of YouTube’s first viral videos. Jake credits it with jumpstarting his career. Jake [...]

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 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 [...]

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By Ravi Chandra, M.D. The San Francisco Global Vietnamese Film Festival, co-presented by CAAM, will take place April 26-28, 2013.  The Opening Night Gala takes place from 7:30-10 pm on April 26th at Artists’ Television Access (992 Mission St.), and the festival itself features 20 films from at least 7 countries.  A highlight includes a [...]

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“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 [...]

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Have a timely and compelling documentary project in post-production? Apply now to the CAAM Documentary Completion Fund! CAAM is currently seeking applications from independent producers who are looking for post production funds for broadcast hour (56:46) documentary projects intended for public television. Previous CAAM funded films have been broadcast on award winning series such as [...]

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by Yvane Mirabueno 2013 CAAMFest Student Delegate Back in the good old days, before smartphones, matchmaking websites, and boomboxes (yes I’m referring to John Cusack in Say Anything), harana, meaning “serenade” in Tagalog, was the way Filipino gentlemen would woo the ladies. However, because of changing times and the modernity bug, this classic romantic practice is slowly [...]

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