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.”
Independent Filmmaking
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…
Hindsight Filmmaker Kiyoko McCrae Keeps Her Focus Close to Home in “We Stay in the House”
What does it really look like when mothers are responsible for doing both professional work and the labor of raising kids and overseeing their…
Watch CAAMFest Films “Atomic Cafe” and “Phony” in the PBS Short Film Festival
CAAM will have two films in the 2021 PBS Short Film Festival, running from July 12-23. For the tenth annual festival, we are proud…
Watch the Digital Premiere of The Hindsight Project Films
Three Asian Americans are among the emerging filmmakers from the American South and Puerto Rico whose works are part of the Hindsight project, now available for streaming on PBS
CAAM Co-produced ‘Asian Americans’ Wins 2020 Peabody Documentary Award
The CAAM co-produced PBS documentary series Asian Americans is one of the first winners announced by the 2020 Peabody Awards, one of most prestigious…
CAAM Filmmaker Summit 2021: Individual Conversations, Intentional Communities
Collaboration was the theme for this year’s CAAM Filmmaker Summit, a fitting celebration of the community that held our backs and inspired us through…
Watch These Asian American Films on Public Television This May
For Asian Pacific American Heritage Month in May, you can watch a range of Asian American stories right on your local PBS TV station,…
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.
CAAM IS SUPPORTING 11 NEW DOCUMENTARY FILMS IN THE FIRST HALF OF 2021
CAAM is thrilled to be funding Asian American filmmakers and programs that showcase the breadth and diversity of experiences in our community. This year, …
CAAM-Funded “Try Harder!” Premieres at Sundance Film Festival 2021
Director Debbie Lum on the importance of making a film about this majority Asian American high school