Blog
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Happy New Year from CAAM
We at CAAM have been reflecting on an eventful 2011 — we were able to showcase some great artists and their work, help develop emerging and youth filmmakers through mentoring and fellowship initiatives, and we had an extremely good time getting to know our first-time supporters as well as catch up with long-time friends. As [...]
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Food For Thought: Karin Chien’s Open Letter to the PGA
Food for thought: Who gets to be included for awards consideration and who is not? Independent film producer Karin Chien, who is also a great supporter of CAAM in fostering the development of emerging media professionals through our CAAM Fellowship program, has recently written an open letter to the Producers Guild of America questioning the English-only [...]
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A Digital Life
Small digital video cameras like the Flip and mobile devices with video have become one of the most widely used technology to capture life’s everyday moments, for the Himalayan Youth Voices Project, we incorporated these cameras into a workshop. Check it out.
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Stories to Light Film Series: TIBET IN SONG
At CAAM, our mission is to bring the stories of our communities to light. We are pleased to introduce four new dynamic titles to our film collection. Each of these new films illuminate the multifaceted Asian and Asian American experience and we are excited to add them to our catalog! In the coming month, we [...]
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CAAM Co-presents SBFT Mini Movie Fest
On December 1, 2011, come watch short films and hear what APA filmmakers have to say about the process of making movies! Brought to you by SBFT and CAAM, this event is FREE with RSVP!
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Himalayan Youth Voices Project at CAAM
The Himalayan (Bhutanese, Nepalese & Tibetan) community in the Bay area and nationally has been growing but there isn’t much visibility or authentic representations of these groups in the media. To counter that scarcity of images by and about the Himalayan community, CAAM started the Himalayan Youth Voices Project in partnership with grassroots organization Sahayeta and funding from the Asian Pacific Fund.
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Stories to Light Film Series: THE JACK SOO STORY
Your Stories to Light At CAAM our mission is to bring the stories of our communities to light. We are pleased to introduce four new dynamic titles to our film collection. Each of these new films illuminate the multifaceted Asian and Asian American experience and we are excited to add them to our catalog! In [...]
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CAAM Nominates Theresa Navarro as APA Woman Leader
15 Days. 15 APA Women. 15th Anniversary. The National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum (NAPAWF) is turning 15, they are joining forces with Angry Asian Man and Hyphen Magazine to feature 15 Women Warriors for 15 days, sponsored by 15 hosts. When CAAM was asked sponsor someone we thought was an APA Woman Leader, we knew right [...]
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You Are Invited to the Filipino or Not? Launch Party
On November 10th, we invite you to come celebrate the latest version of Filipino or Not? with us at the Mercury Lounge! The event is FREE with RSVP.
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CAAM Co-presentations at 3rd i’s South Asian Film Festival
3rd i’s South Asian Film Festival runs from November 9-13, and we are excited to co-host four films in their program: SEMSHOOK, ASHES, PATANG (THE KITE), and DELHI BELLY.
