2020 Year in Review: Reflecting on CAAMForward and Announcing Storytellers 2021
What a year it has been! Twelve months ago here at CAAM, we were simply looking at 2020 as a year to commemorate our…
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Give the Gift of Membership by December 31 and Receive a Set of CAAM40 Storytellers Prints
Join, renew, or gift a CAAM Sustaining membership by December 31, 2020 and receive an exclusive set of CAAM40 Storytellers prints. Membership is a great present to anyone who is a filmmaker or aspiring filmmaker or who simply appreciates compelling Asian American stories.
Saleem Reshamwala Explores Ideas in the American South and the Globe
“Staying in the South is an opportunity to be part of a wave of Southern storytellers coming from a perspective that hasn’t been seen much on the national level. “
CAAM Forward Celebration Recap
Thank you to all who joined us for our 40th anniversary Celebration of Asian American Storytelling! Not only was it an energetic and inspiring…
Meet the Featured Guests for Our Celebration of Storytelling
Meet our special guests and join us Saturday, November 21 for this virtual event to honor 40 years of uplifting Asian American stories
Tad Nakamura Continues His Father’s Legacy, Bringing Asian American Stories to Light
“I always grew up knowing that Asian Americans made films, and could make film, and there was a lot of them making films.”
Announcing CAAM Forward, Our 40th Anniversary Site and Virtual Celebration
This is a year to remember in so many ways. But we also have many things to be thankful for, including the 40th anniversary…
Inspired by Asian American Women Before Her, Grace Lee Leads Next Generation in Making the Films They Want to See
Filmmaker Grace Lee has explored topics as varied as politics, food, zombies, and even other women who share her name. The thread that ties…
Ruby Ibarra Aspires to Inspire Through Her Roots-Ingrained Raps
“I would have done an album a disservice if I had this project talking about the Filipino American experience and not include elements of Filipino language.”
CJ Hunt Explores Race in America, and His Own Life
“I’m able to enter and ride that privilege for access (to) certain spaces. You know, so when characters in the film, talk about Blacks, it is clear that they don’t believe that the person they’re talking to is Black.”
Nothing Will Stop Justin Chon From Telling Asian American Stories
“What I care about is bringing empathy to us, so all my films have a very strong Asian element.”
Nadia Shihab On Intuition and the Power of Reframing Stories
“I learned a lot about the power of centering one’s voice and experience in a work. And also about how hard it can be to do so.”