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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SAN FRANCISCO, March 28, 2013 – CAAMFest successfully concluded after 11 days of expanded programs in film, music and food featuring over 100 films and a variety of music performances, food salons and media workshops. Formerly the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, the largest of its kind, CAAMFest has extended its scope through original forms of artistic expression [...]

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Looking for a place with good eats? Visit one of these hot local spots! THANK YOU to each of these partners for brightening the day of our CAAMFest guests with a giveaway! Check out their Facebook pages: 5A5 244 Jackson St San Francisco, 94111 Alibi Restaurant and Lounge 142 Minna Street, San Francisco, 94105 Attic Restaurant [...]

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Memoirs of a Superfan, Vol. 8.6:  Ai, Ai, Tell ‘Em That is Human Nature By Ravi Chandra, M.D. March 22, 2013 I sat down with Debbie Lum, director of the great new documentary SEEKING ASIAN FEMALE, which screens once more at CAAMFest, and is on Independent Lens in May (http://www.seekingasianfemale.com)  There’s a panel discussion on the [...]

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