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awards, CAAM Funded, CAAM Presents, TelevisionJune 21, 2017

CAAM films on America ReFramed part of RTDNA Kaleidoscope Award

Congratulations to World Channel, America ReFramed and our filmmakers!

CAAM Funded, Filmmaker Profile, Filmmakers, Public MediaJune 21, 2017

“Out Run” Doc on Leader of the World’s Only LGBT Political Party

Bemz Benedito, leader of an LGBT political party, runs to become the first transgender woman in the Philippine Congress. Catch it on World Channel in June and Comcast in July.

"Dalya's Other Country," a documentary by Julia Meltzer premieres on season 30 of POV on June 26, 2017. Dalya attends weekly mass service at her all girls Catholic high school. Photo by: Anne Etheridge.

CAAM Funded, On Public Television, TelevisionJune 19, 2017

A Syrian American Teen comes of age in POV’s “Dalya’s Other Country”

The 30th season of POV kicks off with “Dalya’s Other Country” on June 26, 2017, co-presented by CAAM.

CAAM Funded, CAAMFest 2017, Documentary Fund, Filmmaker Profile, Public MediaJune 5, 2017

Memoirs of a Superfan Vol 12.12: Steve James, the Sung family and “Abacus” Documentary

Abacus is an intimate look at the Sung family’s resolve as their bank serving predominantly the Chinese immigrant community in New York City became the only bank prosecuted after the 2008 Great Recession.

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APA Heritage Month, APAHM 2017, CAAM Funded, CAAM Presents, Documentary Fund, On Public Television, TelevisionMay 22, 2017

Reuniting Lost Home Movies Through the Making of “The Chinese Exclusion Act” Documentary

Neither the filmmakers nor CAAM predicted that the inclusion of this home movie would lead to identifying the family in the footage.

APA Heritage Month, APAHM 2017, CAAM Funded, CAAM Presents, Public MediaMay 18, 2017

On Bringing Latino perspectives to “K-TOWN ’92”

“Latinos were the majority of the initial victims of crowd violence, a third of those killed, and half of those arrested. One third to one half of the businesses looted in the city were Latino owned.”

Mustafa Rony Zeno, bottom right, with a K-TOWN '92 subject (far left), filmmaker Grace Lee and K-TOWN '92 production team.

CAAM Funded, Public MediaMay 3, 2017

How a Syrian American film producer found connection in Koreatown after the L.A. Riots

Mustafa Rony Zeno, consulting producer of K-TOWN ’92, reflects on trying to find connections between his mosque in Koreatown to Sa-I-Gu.

The Lim Family, American born and educated. The Chinese Exclusion Law made it difficult for the young generation to find employment, forcing many families to seek opportunities back in China. Lim Tong Family Archives.

CAAM Funded, CAAM Presents, Public Media, TelevisionMarch 15, 2017

Educators Are Creating “Who is American?” Chinese Exclusion Act Curriculum

“Curriculum development for the project is underway with educational leaders from the Bay Area.”

CAAM Funded, CAAM Presents, CAAMFest 2017, Public MediaMarch 13, 2017

“The Chinese Exclusion Act” — A New Film About A 19th-Century Law With 21st-Century Lessons

“The greatest thing to have learned is that across time, the Chinese were standing up every step of the way.” -co-director Li-Shin Yu.

CAAM Funded, CAAMFest 2017, Filmmaker Profile, FilmmakersFebruary 16, 2017

Emiko and Chizu Omori on lessons from WWII Incarceration

Emiko and Chizu Omori on lessons from the WWII incarceration of Japanese Americans and its relevancy today. Emiko Omori is one of CAAM’s Spotlight honorees at #CAAMFest35.