CAAM Documentary Fund and Documentaries for Social Change Fund Now Open
Two funding opportunities for visual storytellers now open through CAAM.
CAAM Funded
CAAM Documentaries For Social Change Fund Now Open
The fund offers grants for social issue documentary films that highlight Asian American narratives. The deadline to submit a project is Monday, August 26, 2019.
Apply To CAAM’s Documentary Fund
CAAM’s Documentary Fund opens July 17, 2019. The deadline to apply is August 26, 2019.
“Breathin’: The Eddy Zheng Story” Encore Broadcast and Streaming on 7/16
Supporters said Eddy had served his sentence and was reformed. “If he’s not the epitome of rehabilitation,” says one friend, “who is?” Will society, his family and his victims give him a second chance?
“The Chinese Exclusion Act” DVD Now Available With Chinese Subtitles
You can purchase the award-winning film now with simplified and traditional Chinese subtitles.
Listen Now: Self Evident Podcast launches on all platforms
Listen and subscribe through your favorite podcast app, or at selfevidentshow.com.
CAAM 2019 Filmmaker Summit Gathered Asian American Documentary Filmmakers and Documentary Leaders
On Saturday, CAAM hosted our 2019 Filmmaker Summit at the Ninth Street Independent Film Center in San Francisco. As participants streamed into the screening…
Memoirs of a Superfan, Volume 14.6: “Chinatown Rising”
This film gives us an “institutional memory,” if you will, of our city’s life, struggles and aspirations.
Diverse CAAM-Funded Films Playing at CAAMFest37
Programs include “Chinatown Rising,” “Jaddoland,” “Seadrift,” Self Evident, and “When We Walk.”
CAAM is Supporting 14 New Documentary Films and A New Podcast in 2019
“We remain committed to telling undertold stories to the public, including stories by filmmakers from the South and historically underrepresented voices.” – CAAM Executive Director Stephen Gong
CAAM Documentary Fund Open Call Starts Jan. 10
With support from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, CAAM provides production funding to independent producers for national public television.
Double Exposure: Nadia Shihab on the Making of “Jaddoland”
“When I began to make films, I discovered that I saw a world of double exposure – where the presence of here was always imprinted upon the absence of there, where “home” and “back home” often coexisted within the same frame.”