NEW PROGRAMS Added to CAAMFest37 Line Up
New programs added include “We Gon’ Be Alright,” “The Sun is Also A Star,” a panel at OMCA with Tina Takemoto, and more.
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CAAM Receives California Humanities Grant for “The Asian Americans”
The production grant will support The Asian Americans, a public media initiative that examines ways in which the US Asian experience illuminates the larger American story.
Auteur and Disability Rights Advocate Jason DaSilva’s New Film, “When We Walk,” is For His Son
“The story is really unique because it’s really a story that you wouldn’t know otherwise. It’s not told from the outside, it’s told from the inside.” – Jason DaSilva
“Nailed It,” “Norman Mineta and His Legacy: An American Story,” “Next Gen Asian American Art” premiering on PBS this May
“We are proud to present these compelling stories to the public, stories that bridge cultural divides, and that promote greater empathy and understanding of America’s diversity,” said CAAM Executive Director Stephen Gong.
John Cho gives voice to the Korean War in New PBS Documentary
“I was thinking, it would have been nice, for twelve-year-old me, to have stumbled on this PBS Korean War documentary and hear a Korean American. That was something I would have loved.” – John Cho
Amy Tan Reflects on the Book and Film Anniversaries for “The Joy Luck Club”
“When it was first published I thought [that] hardly anybody is going to read this book by an unknown Chinese American author about mothers and daughters who have misunderstandings. Who’s going to want to read that? And the answer, after 30 years, is a lot of people.” – Amy Tan
Diverse CAAM-Funded Films Playing at CAAMFest37
Programs include “Chinatown Rising,” “Jaddoland,” “Seadrift,” Self Evident, and “When We Walk.”
CAAM Co-Produced PBS Film “The Chinese Exclusion Act” Wins Award from Organization of American Historians
“The Chinese Exclusion Act,” co-produced by CAAM and Steeplechase Films, receives 2019 Erik Barnouw Award
CAAMFest37 Full Program Announced
Current CAAM sustaining members can buy tickets starting now until Friday, April 12, 2019 during the members-only ticketing period. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Saturday, April 13, 2019.
CAAM-supported films “The Apology” and “Minding the Gap” Nominated for Peabody Awards
The Awards will be announced on May 18, 2019.
Self Evident Season One Launches in May: Meet the Producers, James Boo and Talisa Chang
“We think a lot about the question of American identity and how the terms of being American are negotiated, because it’s something the whole country is grappling with right now.” – James Boo, Self Evident Managing Producer.
Memoirs of a Superfan Vol. 14.1: Sally Wen Mao, Anna May Wong, and OCULUS
Mao is a great example of the continuity of the “ars poetica,” and is part of what might someday be seen as a renaissance of young Asian American poets, including such stars as Ocean Vuong, Cathy Linh Che, Jenny Xie, Bao Phi, and others.