“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.”
Director Debbie Lum on the importance of making a film about this majority Asian American high school
“I’m able to enter and ride that privilege for access (to) certain spaces. You know, so when characters in the film, talk about Blacks, it is clear that they don’t believe that the person they’re talking to is Black.”
Earlier this year, CAAM announced our support for 11 documentary films through our Media Fund and Documentaries for Social Change Fund programs. As part…
Last month, we presented the first episode of Grace Lee and Marjan Safinia’s documentary And She Could Be Next during CAAMFest: Heritage at Home….
“It’s going to be a real challenge, but you’re going to make it work. I’d like to tell my 25-year-old self that it’s going to be a bumpy ride, but you’re going to make it out.”
A Filmmaker Summit happy hour celebrating the past, present and future of Asian American storytelling
Get a taste of the upcoming Asian Americans documentary series that will be aired on PBS May 11-12, 2020 with these amazing cookies baked…
CAAM funded “Drawn Together” and “Jaddoland” make their broadcast premieres, along with a full slate of documentary programming for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.
The most comprehensive documentary yet about the Asian American experience is coming to PBS stations May 11-12, 2020. Asian Americans is the culmination of…
The most ambitious television chronicle of the Asian American story in the United States will launch during Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
Two funding opportunities for visual storytellers now open through CAAM.