AUGUST SOUNDTRACK FROM RICHIE MENCHAVEZ OF TRAKTIVIST
Traktivist.com’s August installment is here!
CAAM Co-Presents Earliest Known Asian American film, “The Curse of Quon Gwon”
The Curse of Quon Gwon is the earliest known film directed by an Asian American, and one of the earliest directed by a woman.
Double your impact to CAAM’s Memories to Light campaign
An anonymous donor has generously agreed to match all donations made to the campaign today, up to $500. Double your impact by donating $10 or more at CAAMedia.org/SupportMtL by midnight tonight.
CAAM and AAJA Live Screening Winners Announced
Angela Sun, Phil Yu and Sonia Narang will present their projects at a live screening at the AAJA national convention on August 12, sponsored by CAAM. Followed by feature-length documentary, Off the Menu: Asian America, directed by Grace Lee and co-produced by CAAM and KQED.
Jasmine Lee Ehrhardt 2015 #MemoriestoLight campaign testimonial
“Because of the organic, unscripted nature of home movies and their ability to capture everyday moments or important occasions in that Asian American family, the widespread distribution of these films allows these images and their personal stories to be normalized.”
Teaching ELL Hmong Students – An NEH Summer Seminar Teacher’s Reflection
“I applied to the NEH program because I feel that Asian Americans are often overlooked in the American school system, largely perpetuated by the ‘model minority’ myth.”
CAAM CO-PRESENTS THE DOUBLE LIFE OF LI XIANGLAN
CAAM is proud to co-present Mei-Juin Chen’s The Double Life of Li XiangLan on Saturday August, 1st from 2-4 pm at Samsung Hall in the Asian Art Museum.
Changing Season: A Screening on the Masumoto Family Farm
During the film’s introduction, the screen deflated and collapsed in slow motion when a stake came loose. Mas came to the rescue and fired up his tractor, tethering the screen to the tractor and re-inflating it. The rest of the show went on without a hitch.
“Advantageous” Sci-Fi Film Asks Where Women Will Fit in the Future
“We are getting at the idea that every life is an effort to try to find some sort of happiness or sense of peace, and that we need to have empathy for other people’s attempts to find peace.”
NEH Launches Summer Seminar for Teachers Using Asian American Film and Literature
For two weeks this July, sixteen K-12 educators from across the US convened in New York for an intensive seminar exploring how to teach Asian American film and literature in the classroom.
Pamela Vadakan Supports Memories to Light
Pamela Jean Vadakan, coordinator of the California Audiovisual Preservation Project, explains why she supports CAAM’s Memories to Light campaign.
#StoriestoLight Chapter 5
In Chapter Five of #StoriestoLight introduces Asian American students and their experiences with education!