Capturing the “Delano Manongs”
In her film, The Delano Manongs: Forgotten Heroes of the UFW, director Marissa Aroy sheds light on one of the often overlooked groups in…
CAAM Presents
Asian American Silent Film Stars
The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival is presenting a program celebrating the centennial of silent film actor Sessue Hayakawa, a “true Hollywood pioneer.”…
Nice Girls Crew: Season 2
Nice Girls Crew, an original comedy series created and written by Christine Kwon and directed by Tanuj Chopra (Punching at the Sun), premieres its…
A Day in the Life of Asian Pacific America
Our good friend Eddie Wong (former Executive Director of the National Asian American Telecommunications Association/Center for Asian American Media) is the guest curator for…
Student Reflection on “Young Historians” at CAAMFest
I went to San Francisco for CAAMFest because I was chosen to represent a video project that other students and I made about Asian…
“Forbidden City” Chinatown Nightclubs Exhibit Opens in SF
Update: Meet writer and filmmaker Arthur Dong as he discusses his new book, Forbidden City, USA: Chinese American Nightclubs, 1936-1970. The related exhibition will…
CAAMFest 2014 Audience Award Winners
SAN FRANCISCO, March 27, 2014 – CAAMFest 2014 successfully concluded on March 23, 2014, after 11 days of film, music and food programming. As the largest…
Memoirs of a Superfan Vol. 9.8
Memoirs of a Superfan Vol. 9.8: The Ghost of CAAMFest Films are compelling. They pack a powerful punch: a jolt to the funny bone,…
Memoirs of a Superfan Vol. 9.7
Take my Wife, Please Wednesday night I trekked down to Chinatown, to the Great Star Theater, to see BLACK MARKET COUPLE. It felt good to be…
Memoirs of a Superfan Vol. 9.6
Five Questions for Cynthia Lin I’ve had a recurrence of Linsanity this year – but this time, I’m going nuts about musician Cynthia Lin. …
Q&A with Grace Lee
Editor’s Update (June 26, 2014): American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs premieres on national TV Monday, June 30 on PBS. Grace Lee…
Activist Grace Lee Boggs and Filmmaker Grace Lee
Director Grace Lee (The Grace Lee Project) and CAAMFest 2014 Spotlight Honoree has made her cinematic career celebrating the lives of strong women. She…