CAAM Filmmaker Summit 2022: Here’s what happened
As part of CAAMFest40, we held a one-day CAAM Filmmaker Summit with the theme of “Centering Ourselves” to support the development of creatives who are…
Independent Filmmaking
San Francisco Native Crystal Kwok Examines the Chinese Experience During the Jim Crow South in ‘Blurring the Color Line’
New documentary amplifies the “silent spaces” in America’s Black and white conversations about race
Cecilia R. Mejia Joins A-Doc as its New Impact Director
When filmmaker and A-Doc co-founder, Grace Lee served on a panel where she was asked to make recommendations for a documentary impact grant, none…
Free Chol Soo Lee Premieres at Sundance 2022
The CAAM-funded documentary Free Chol Soo Lee will make its world premiere virtually at the Sundance 2022 film festival. Free Chol Soo Lee tells…
How the CAAM Fellowship Changed Three Emerging Filmmakers in 2021
Every year, as a part of the CAAM Fellowship, Asian American documentary filmmakers develop their projects under the guidance of their mentors, and are…
Viewers Like Us Podcast Addresses Inequity Among PBS Documentary Filmmakers
Filmmaker Grace Lee is launching a podcast to address the lack of diversity among PBS documentaries. Here’s how to listen
Seven Documentaries by Arthur Dong Now Streaming on the Criterion Channel
The retrospective breathes new life into some of the filmmaker’s earliest works
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….
Apply By October 20 for the CAAM 2022 Documentary Fund
Read on for important updates about CAAM’s Documentary Fund application cycle
Geeta Gandbhir On Being The Slightly Shrill Person In The Room
“I spent a lot of time in my career, being what I like to call the slightly shrill person in the room, the person who is always pointing at people.”
CAAM Honors the Life of Leanne Kaʻiulani Ferrer, Executive Director of Pacific Islanders in Communications
We at CAAM are saddened by the passing of Leanne Ferrer, Executive Director of Pacific Islanders in Communication (PIC), an organization that has worked…
Hindsight Filmmaker Amman Abbasi Captures a Story of Immigration During the Pandemic in “Udaan”
Leaving home to attend college can be a stressful, daunting experience under the best of circumstances. But for Baneen Khan, it was a life-changing…