Photographic Justice: Rest in Power Corky Lee
Corky Lee’s iconic photographs of Asian American milestones laid the groundwork for Asian American documentary filmmaking.
Corky Lee’s iconic photographs of Asian American milestones laid the groundwork for Asian American documentary filmmaking.
Mark your calendars! CAAMFest 2021 will take place May 13-23, 2021 with live streaming, on-demand, and drive-in programs. With social distancing for the COVID…
“Grandma smells like Korea!” seven-year-old David Yi (Alan Kim) complains in the film, Minari, released on February 12. Set in the hardscrabble Ozarks of…
CAAM’s 2021 Documentary Fund is open for submissions, February 15-March 15
“We as a nation are revisiting the complicated racial narratives of the United States, and it is important to recognize that Asian Americans are and have long been a part of the South,” says CAAM Executive Director Stephen Gong. “CAAM is pleased to partner on this project to bring these diverse documentaries to public media that represent a more authentic portrait of the regional South.”
CAAM is proud to support the Asian American filmmakers of tomorrow in the regional South. Meet six young creatives selected for The Sauce Fellowship…
Director Debbie Lum on the importance of making a film about this majority Asian American high school
What a year it has been! Twelve months ago here at CAAM, we were simply looking at 2020 as a year to commemorate our…
Author, activist and journalist Helen Zia is developing a limited TV series on the landmark civil rights case about the 1982 murder of Chinese…
Read Anita Sugimura’s first person account of being an Asian American filmmaker in the rural South, part of CAAM’s initiative to support Asian American filmmakers in the American South.
Join, renew, or gift a CAAM Sustaining membership by December 31, 2020 and receive an exclusive set of CAAM40 Storytellers prints. Membership is a great present to anyone who is a filmmaker or aspiring filmmaker or who simply appreciates compelling Asian American stories.
“Staying in the South is an opportunity to be part of a wave of Southern storytellers coming from a perspective that hasn’t been seen much on the national level. “