CAAM-Funded “Try Harder!” Premieres at Sundance Film Festival 2021
Director Debbie Lum on the importance of making a film about this majority Asian American high school
Documentary Fund
CAAM is Supporting Four New Documentary Films in the Second Half of 2020
Earlier this year, CAAM announced our support for 11 documentary films through our Media Fund and Documentaries for Social Change Fund programs. As part…
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.”
CAAM Documentary Fund Open Call: Apply July 1-31
CAAM’s 2020 Doc Fund is open for submissions, July 1-31, 2020. Here’s how to apply…
Watch “And She Could Be Next” on PBS June 29-30
Last month, we presented the first episode of Grace Lee and Marjan Safinia’s documentary And She Could Be Next during CAAMFest: Heritage at Home….
Jason DaSilva Documents His Journey, Even Through His Hardest Times
“It’s going to be a real challenge, but you’re going to make it work. I’d like to tell my 25-year-old self that it’s going to be a bumpy ride, but you’re going to make it out.”
CAAM is Supporting 11 New Documentary Films in 2020
As part of our mission to uplift authentic Asian American stories, CAAM awards funds to outstanding programs each year. This year, CAAM is supporting…
Apply for the 2020 CAAM Documentary Fund
With support from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, CAAM provides production funding to independent producers creating films that illuminate the Asian American experience for…
CAAM Documentary Fund and Documentaries for Social Change Fund Now Open
Two funding opportunities for visual storytellers now open through CAAM.
“Breathin’: The Eddy Zheng Story” Encore Broadcast and Streaming on 7/16
Supporters said Eddy had served his sentence and was reformed. “If he’s not the epitome of rehabilitation,” says one friend, “who is?” Will society, his family and his victims give him a second chance?
“The Chinese Exclusion Act” DVD Now Available With Chinese Subtitles
You can purchase the award-winning film now with simplified and traditional Chinese subtitles.
Diverse CAAM-Funded Films Playing at CAAMFest37
Programs include “Chinatown Rising,” “Jaddoland,” “Seadrift,” Self Evident, and “When We Walk.”