DIRECTIONS IN DIALOG: Park Jung-bum
Director Park Jung-bum sits with Christine Kwon (Festival Managing Director, CAAM) to discuss his film THE JOURNALS OF MUSAN.
DIRECTIONS IN DIALOG: Kwan Pun-leung
Michella Rivera-Gravage (Director of Interactive and Digital Media, CAAM) sits down with Director Kwan Pun-leung to discuss his film LET THE WIND CARRY ME at the San Francisco International Film Festival.
DIRECTIONS IN DIALOG: Aamir Bashir
Christine Kwon (Festival Managing Director, CAAM) recently stopped by the San Francisco International Film Festival to chat with Director Aamir Bashir about his film AUTUMN.
APA Heritage Month Local Hero: Donald Young
CAAM’s very own Director of Programs, Donald Young has been named one of KQED’s Local Heroes for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.
CAAM Presents AHSC Cinema Showcase
The AHSC Cinema Showcase celebrates local Asian American media and media makers. From emerging talent to celebrated media pioneers, this exciting collection of short films and music videos reveal the vibrant Asian American media arts scene here in the Bay Area.
Women and Girls Lead
CAAM’s good friends at ITVS introduces Women and Girls Lead, a new multi-year public media initiative. Women and Girls Lead combines independent documentary film, television, new media, and global outreach partnerships to focus, educate, and connect audiences in support of women and girl’s leadership and development around the world.
Meet Nyjia Jones, CAAM Workforce Development Program Associate
CAAM’s Debbie Ng, Director of Development and Communications sits down with Nyjia Jones (CAAM Workforce Development Program Associate) to discuss her work at the Center for Asian American Media and in public media.
DIRECTIONS IN DIALOG: Leonard Retel Helmrich
CAAM recently stopped by the San Francisco International Film Festival to chat with Director Leonard Retel Helmrich about his film POSITION AMONG THE STARS.
SFIAAFF ’07: Spotlight on Spencer Nakasako with Justin Lin
Feeling that Director Justin Lin will most certainly be in the media spotlight in the months to come, I wanted to share this gem with you all from our SFIAAFF archives. These videos are of Justin Lin doing an on-stage interview with Spencer Nakasako at the 2007 San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival. Spencer and Justin discuss Asian American cinema with humorous stories, thoughtful insight and colorful language.
Cinema Asian America – Whatever it Takes & All in the Family
Chi-hui Yang (Former SFIAAFF Festival Director) has programmed a great line-up for April’s Cinema Asian America. Take a look.
ON THE CLOCK: Mr. Hyphen 2.0
In this next episode of ON THE CLOCK, Kyle Chu, winner of the Mr. Hyphen 2010 pageant stops by the CAAM office to talk about what he’s been up to since winning the title. Everyone in the office is happy that Kyle wears the Mr. Hyphen crown. But there is one CAAM employee who is quite jealous of the attention and fame that the crown brings.
Could a Transmedia Approach be the Future of Public Media?
Last Friday, I made the trek from the bay to sunny LA to check out the Transmedia, Hollywood 2: Visual Culture and Design conference at the UCLA film school. This conference brought together an interesting collection of screenwriters, theme park creators, production designers, executive producers and media scholars to discuss Transmedia Storytelling.