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.
CAAM Funded
Educators Are Creating “Who is American?” Chinese Exclusion Act Curriculum
“Curriculum development for the project is underway with educational leaders from the Bay Area.”
“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.
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.
Catch 9-Man and My Life in China in time for Lunar New Year
Join World Channel, America ReFramed and CAAM in the sharing family and community stories from two award-winning filmmakers.
Asian American CAAM-funded film on Comcast on Demand this Month!
December titles come from CAAM’s own documentaries, including “Operation Popcorn” and “Daze of Justice.”
CAAM-Funded films “Breathin'” and “Forever, Chinatown” Take Three Awards
The two documentaries receive awards at the recent Austin Asian American Film Festival.
Apply to the CAAM Documentary Fund
CAAM’s next Open Call for Documentary Fund begins September 1. The deadline to submit is September 30, 2016.
Asian American Films on Comcast on Demand in May!
Catch these films in May on Comcast on Demand: “Yuri Kochiyama: Passion for Justice,” “Someone Else,” “Am I American,” “American Arab,” “Flip Flops” and “Off the Menu: Asian America.”
Nisha Ganatra on becoming one of TV’s hottest directors
The Producer/Director of “Transparent” on Amazon and winner of two Golden Globe Awards chats about her journey from indie prodigy to becoming a TV director, and how she kept going through the lean years in between.
Memoirs of a Superfan Vol. 11.5 – A Flower Grows
Thanks for all your contributions to our great, mutual journey, with one common destiny. Perhaps we have all been flowers growing between concrete and stone. But we are also the forest.
CAAM-funded film “Breathin’: The Eddy Zheng Story” screens at San Quentin
Director Ben Wang reflects on screening the CAAMFest 2016 documentary inside prison.