I was heartened that Yunte Huang’s book, Charlie Chan: The Untold Story of the Honorable Detective and His Rendezvous with American History, actually gave vivid life to the real-life detective, Chang Apana, a Hawaiian policeman, who inspired Earl Biggers to create the Charlie Chan book series. He presented a revisionist image to the Charlie Chan movies I had seen where a white actor played the sage, wise, unbeatable detective.
The Center for Asian American Media is proud to present these programs in May 2011 for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.
Chi-hui Yang (Former SFIAAFF Festival Director) has programmed a great line-up for April’s Cinema Asian America. Take a look.
The Center for Southeast Asia Studies at UC Berkeley presents a free film screening of A Village Called Versailles.
CAAM is thrilled to co-present two programs at the upcoming 54th San Francisco International Film Festival, running April 21-May 5, 2011.
In this next episode of ON THE CLOCK, Kyle Chu, winner of the Mr. Hyphen 2010 pageant stops by the CAAM office to talk about what he’s been up to since winning the title. Everyone in the office is happy that Kyle wears the Mr. Hyphen crown. But there is one CAAM employee who is quite jealous of the attention and fame that the crown brings.
This all-day film festival centers on the histories, communities, identities, and imaginaries of Vietnam and the diaspora.
The 29th San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival Award Winners are now posted on our site. See who won the 2011 Comcast Narrative Competition, the 2011 Documentary Competition, the 2011 Verizon Audience Awards, and the new 2011 Loni Ding Award in Social Issue Documentary.
BREAK UP CLUB features mainstream Chinese actor Jaycee Chan and popular TVB actress and singer Fiona Sit in a romantic, bitter sweet comedy.
The Center for Asian American Media is proud to co-sponsor the Humanitarian Asians and Pacific Islanders (HAPI) Fundraising Hour for Japan, happening this Thursday, March 31, 5:00pm.
On Saturday, March 26th NEW PEOPLE will offer three free screenings of HULA GIRLS, an award-winning film based in the currently devastated Fukushima, Japan.
For my last evening in dreamy San Francisco, I decided to expose myself to as many artists’ work as possible. I went to see TAINTED LOVE and SILENT RITUALS AND HOVERING PROXIES back-to-back – two collections of shorts offered by SFIAAFF.
