Pinays Rising: Ruby Ibarra, Evelyn Obamos and Dale Keano on “Us” Video
“I try to incorporate stories about where I am from because I know how dynamic the immigrant and POC experience is.” – Ruby Ibarra
Filmmaker Profile
Memoirs of a Superfan Vol 13.1: Atsuko Hirayanagi and “Oh Lucy!”
The film follows Setsuko, a single, depressed and “unfulfilled office-lady” in Tokyo as she has an awakening of individuality.
Jennifer Crystal Chien Joins CAAM and Ninth Street Independent Film Center as a Filmmaker in Residence
Our new filmmaker in residence is working on several projects, including “The Highway,” a short animated documentary recreating a highway protest against police violence.
Linsanity – Five Years Later, “Linsanity” Director Evan Jackson Leong on the Craze that Swept the World
The filmmaker reflects on the 2013 CAAMFest Opening Night film.
“Abacus: Small Enough to Jail” Nominated for an Oscar
The CAAM-funded film has been nominated for Best Documentary Feature.
“Family Ingredients” Producer Heather Haunani Giugni on Representing Hawai’i’s Stories
“My goal has been to be a support, as well as be an example, of a series that can be born and generated here in Hawai’i. Nobody has to go to anywhere else. You don’t have to Hollywood anymore because there is no ‘Hollywood.'”
Q&A with “Hoop Dreams” Director Steve James on “Abacus” Documentary
A new doc looks at why was a small bank serving Chinese immigrants was the only US bank indicted for mortgage fraud related to 2008 crisis.
Justin Chon Gets Personal With “Gook,” His New Film About the L.A. Riots
Chon offers up a graceful, intimate portrait of this unlikely family where race isn’t a theoretical abstraction and where “race relations” aren’t just about clashes on the street.
Q&A with PBS Online Film Festival Director Cyrus Yoshi Tabar
Watch and vote for CAAMFest Loni Ding Award Winner “It Is What It Is!”
“Out Run” Doc on Leader of the World’s Only LGBT Political Party
Bemz Benedito, leader of an LGBT political party, runs to become the first transgender woman in the Philippine Congress. Catch it on World Channel in June and Comcast in July.
Memoirs of a Superfan Vol 12.12: Steve James, the Sung family and “Abacus” Documentary
Abacus is an intimate look at the Sung family’s resolve as their bank serving predominantly the Chinese immigrant community in New York City became the only bank prosecuted after the 2008 Great Recession.
The Ecstasy of the Ephemeral: Mira Nair Brings Monsoon Wedding to the Stage
“I have always taken courage in my distinctive community. I want to see our names, our voices, our dreams, our struggles—that is what I am devoted to.”