Dante Basco Reflects on His Experience with ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ as Co-Host of Podcast
When actor and filmmaker Dante Basco was featured as part of CAAM’s Storytellers series in 2021, he teased a new podcast on the horizon. While…
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‘The Fourth World’ Focuses on the Growing Hmong Community in One North Carolina Town
“It would be cool if people saw this film and then say Hickory is a mecca for Asian America.” — filmmaker Nash Consing
The Pinays on the Rise Artists Delve into Their Origin Stories and Music
Get to know Kiyomi, Ouida, and DJ Bitesize — rising Filipino American music artists native to the San Francisco Bay Area.
“Larry: A New Musical” Will Bring the Story of Filipino Labor Activist Larry Itliong to the Stage
“Filipinos love drama. We love to sing and dance. It was like, ‘Why not a musical?’ I think it would be the perfect vehicle for telling Larry’s story.” -Melvign Badiola
Emerging Filmmaker Set Hernandez Rongkilyo Strives for Poetry in the Political
Five years since embarking on their documentary-in-progress, Unseen, Set Hernandez Rongkilyo is finally starting to feel seen as a filmmaker, and as a person….
Dante Basco Looks Back and Forward at His Career in Storytelling
“We need to tell stories from our own perspective, and we need to have that conversation of art through each other’s perspectives.”
Watch “Lea Salonga In Concert” on PBS Great Performances Friday, November 27
“I hope that the excitement that we all feel is contagious and that everybody that watches it feels our joy and our spirit.” —Lea Salonga
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.”
Vote For Drama Del Rosario’s “In This Family” During the PBS Short Film Festival, July 13-24
Watch CAAM’s entry into the PBS Short Film Festival and learn about “In This Family” filmmaker Drama Del Rosario.
Drama Del Rosario Takes a Personal Approach to Making His Personal Documentaries
“I grew up in the generation of vloggers and YouTubers and people navigating how to use editing software. That’s really how I got my start in hands-on filmmaking.”
The Director and Producer of Pixar’s “Float” Discuss Filipino American Representation and Bringing a Personal Story to Life
On November 12th, Disney+ became available in North America. Apart from access to old favorites, the streaming service also comes with content that cannot…