CAAM IS SUPPORTING 3 NEW DOCUMENTARY FILMS AND 2 NEW DIGITAL SERIES IN 2025
For over 40 years, CAAM has proudly supported documentary works that highlight the wide spectrum of Asian American experiences through support from the Corporation…
CAAM Presents
Jeff Chang’s New Book ‘Water, Mirror, Echo’ Explores How Bruce Lee Shaped Asian America
“If nothing else within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves. Moving, be like water. Still, be like a mirror. Respond like an echo.” —Bruce Lee
CAAM’s Impact in 2024
The year 2024 will be remembered as a time of change and transition, both for CAAM as an organization and also for our society…
Stephen Gong: Reflections on My Time at CAAM
As I reflect upon 18 years as Executive Director of CAAM, I am filled with gratitude and appreciation for the close relationships and shared…
CAAM DOCUMENTARY FUND OPEN CALL: APPLY SEPTEMBER 20-OCTOBER 20, 2024
CAAM’s 2025 Documentary Fund is open for submissions. With support from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, CAAM provides production funding to independent producers creating…
High Five to Bring the Sights and Sounds of the Essential Elements to San Francisco Chinatown
Join CAAM and our partners at the Chinatown Media Arts Collective and Edge on the Square for the third annual Contemporary Art Festival on…
Sean Wang’s ‘Dìdi’ Shines Light on Growing Up Asian American in Fremont
“I felt like there was a story that was specific to Fremont that, as much as I wanted to contribute to the canon of coming of age stories, I also wanted to hopefully try and contribute a story to the canon of Bay Area films.” — Sean Wang, director of Dìdi (弟弟)
Watch Two Asian American Stories in the 2024 PBS Short Film Festival
The Webby Award-winning PBS Short Film Festival returns this summer – Monday, July 15 through Friday, July 26 – to all PBS and station…
APIAVote 2024 Presidential Town Hall Focuses on Asian American Issues
Want to learn more about how the major presidential candidates are addressing Asian American and Pacific Islander issues? We are partnering once again with…
Loni Ding Featured in ‘Know History, Know Self’ Poster Series
CAAM co-founder Loni Ding is among six trailblazing Asian-Americans featured in Know History, Know Self, a public art piece created by award-winning Oakland artist…
Deann Borshay Liem Reflects on ‘Crossings’ and 70 Years of Un-Ended War
“Today, amid escalating tensions between the United States and North Korea, it is essential that we examine the terrible human toll of America’s longest-running war before it erupts into renewed fighting.” —Deann Borshay Liem, Director of ‘Crossings’
There’s Always Something: First Time Experiences at Tribeca and New York City
New York is a city made up of a lot of different meanings and significance to people. That even goes for those in my…
