“While I could write this blog post littering it with milestones from my career and my projects, I decided that writing about rejection and failure might be a far more entertaining read.”
This past Sunday, CAAM was honored to present the book launch of award-winning filmmaker/author Arthur Dong’s new book, Hollywood Chinese: The Chinese in American…
Marky has been a part of the CAAM Fam since 2007, starting off as a DJ for the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival. He has been working with CAAM at various capacities ever since then, as a performer, ambassador, music curator, event producer, and most recently, as Marketing Manager for CAAMFest37.
To Chou, she defines authenticity as truth rendered through an intimate understanding of character and setting, both inside and out.
For an entire year I am a filmmaker with a mentor. Every time I ask a question or bring up a challenge I am facing, Mridu will give me a concrete example from her experiences that helps me to figure out what to do. I am constantly reminded that I am not alone.
“In 2010, CAAM took a bold step. We started a 5-year professional mentoring program focused on Asian Americans working in every aspect of the fiction industries – film, TV, interactive, and immersive.”
“The thing that struck me the most was his enthusiasm and his spirit and I felt like, wow, after all these years, being on all these sets and hundreds of hours making films, he still approached it with the joy of a 10 year-old.”- Justin Chon on Director Wayne Wang.
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Rani is a social outcast, transgender woman who sets out to take care of an abandoned child. Set on the streets of Pakistan, she is determined to do the right thing amid waves of challenges.
“The National Multicultural Alliance represents a decades-long collaboration of nonprofit media organizations that share a commitment to diversity in public media,” said CAAM Executive Director Stephen Gong. “We look forward to continuing to this work for decades to come.”
The most ambitious television chronicle of the Asian American story in the United States will launch during Asian Pacific American Heritage Month