Ramona Diaz is unapologetic. While filming her latest documentary in the Philippines, she boldly wears pink, the color of progressive candidate Leni Robredo’s presidential campaign, amidst the Marcos dynasty’s resurgence. This defiance, born from a childhood under martial law, fuels her documentary films that uncovers truths that linger in the shadows.
“As an Asian American youth growing up in the Bay Area, Secretary Mineta served as the prime example of political and civic empowerment of the Asian Pacific American (APA) community.”
The nomination comes on the heels of being shortlisted for an Oscar.
Language access is a unique barrier for AAPI voters that can determine voter turnout, advocates say.
CAAM partnered with APIAVote, Rock the Vote, and artists Parvesh, Sonal, Danny, Hudson and Jessica to make sure you make your voice count!
Filmmaker Grace Lee talks about exploring identity, political power, and going undercover at the Iowa Caucuses.
On June 30, CA Governor Jerry Brown signed Bill AB 7, requiring California to annually proclaim October 25th as “Larry Itliong Day.”
“The steps that artists are taking, it shifts the imagination of what can be. That makes a new politics possible.”
Here is the next post in our series on the The 56th Annual Flaherty Film Seminar. This video covers day 3 and we were getting into the swing of things. Christine and I interviewed filmmaker Kazuhiro Soda, director of MENTAL and the CAAM distributed film, CAMPAIGN.
Here is one of a series of video interviews I did with FFO (Filipinos for Obama) Volunteers. I interviewed a few folks when people had the time and energy.
As part of CAAM’s Election Initiative for 2008, I will be blogging about my personal experiences with civic engagement in the Asian American community during this past election. Here are some short stories, responses, ephemera collected from the road during the brief time I signed up with the Barack Obama presidential campaign.