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.”
Filmmaker Profile
Try Harder! Director Debbie Lum Focuses on Asian American Students at Lowell High School
CAAMFest 2021 officially kicks off on Friday, May 13 with two screenings of Debbie Lum’s powerful documentary Try Harder! as part of CAAM’s Opening…
How Ursula Liang Learned to Make Documentaries Without Going to Film School
The New York filmmaker learned by doing, to create documentaries that illuminate the experiences of East Coast Chinese communities.
New Video Series LUNAR Explores Asian American Jewish Identity
LUNAR: The Jewish Asian Film Project sprang to life shortly after project co-creator and creative director Jenni Rudolph took part in a Jubilee Media…
Why Asian American Representation Matters, Even in the South
Read Anita Sugimura’s first person account of being an Asian American filmmaker in the rural South, part of CAAM’s initiative to support Asian American filmmakers in the American South.
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. “
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.”
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…
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.”
“The Claudia Kishi Club” Documentary Focuses on “The Baby-Sitters Club” Character That Inspired a Generation of Asian Americans
How the fictional Japanese American teen inspired a generation of creatives… and a new documentary on Netflix.
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.”