The Man Behind the “Saturday Night Live” Documentary
The director of “Live from New York!” talks about filmmaking and his newest webseries, “Employed Identity,” coming soon to PBS.org.
Filmmaker Profile
Ruby Yang and Lambert Yam on “My Voice, My Life”
Oscar Award-winning director Ruby Yang is back with an emotional documentary, “My Voice, My Life,” playing during CAAMFest Saturday, March 21 at the New Parkway Theater.
Director Sara Dosa Embedded Herself Among Mushroom Hunters to Make “The Last Season”
Sara Dosa spent a season embedded in the tight-knit community of mushroom pickers in the Oregon woods to direct her first documentary, “The Last Season.”
“Off the Menu” with Director Grace Lee
Take a road trip into the kitchens, factories, temples and farms of Asian Pacific America that explores how our relationship to food reflects our evolving community.
Bright Lights, Big Screen: Joyce Wu on Her Debut Film
“When I was growing up I never saw anyone that looked like me, in the movies or in T.V. shows. It wasn’t the stereotypes that bothered me, but I couldn’t conceive of a world in which someone who looked like me could be a normal human being.”
5000 Shades of Gray: Shonali Bose on “Margarita, with a Straw”
CAAMFest Centerpiece “Margarita, with a Straw” “manages to explode the ‘disability’ genre of filmmaking into something entirely new.”
The ‘Sisters’ Behind “The Sisterhood of Night”
“I’m really proud that we’re making a movie about women, and not just about women, but the importance of female friendships and how we help each other.”
Women Making Films
This year, half of CAAMFest films in our Comcast Narrative and Documentary competitions are directed by women.
Verses In Exile: A Conversation with Director Masahiro Sugano
“We hardly get to listen to a man like Kosal with his past, without apprehension.”
"Adrift in Sunset" – A Film About Love and Loss
Dao is ready to go on her date, except she’s supposed to be spending time with her mom, who has Alzheimer’s.
How I gained 20 lbs and Found my Next Movie: “Hungry For Love”
“Hungry for Love” is a new film by CAAM Fellow Soojin Chung’s — “a heart-warming love story where food brings people together.”
David Au’s “Eat With Me”
David Au’s first feature film, “Eat With Me,” is about a son coming out to his mother while she grapples with her own actualization. Special appearances by George Takei, and dumplings.