Your Family Story Can be Featured in New PBS Series “Family Pictures USA”
The host of the show, Thomas Allen Harris, will be filming in North Carolina in November
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CAAM-funded Documentary “Abacus” Wins Emmy
Director Steve James (“Hoop Dreams,” “The Interrupters”) chronicles the Chinese immigrant Sung family’s fight to clear their names amid the financial crisis.
“Family Pictures USA” World Premieres at #CAAMFest36 at the Oakland Museum of California
Meet us at OMCA for an evening of food trucks, Asian Americans in hip-hop panel, and the World Premiere of “Family Pictures USA: Detroit Is The Future and It’s Okay!”
CAAM-Funded “Abacus: Small Enough to Jail” Nominated for Peabody Award
The film is about the family-owned Abacus Federal Savings Bank, the only U.S. bank to face criminal charges after the 2008 financial crisis.
Now Available: “The Chinese Exclusion Act” PBS Documentary’s Community Conversation Kit
Host a community screening of the film, “The Chinese Exclusion Act,” and use our new community resource kit with a discussion guide and more.
CAAM Documentary Fund Open Call Starts February 1, 2018
Applications will close on Thursday, March 1, 2018.
A CAAM Lookback on 2017
As we look back on 2017, we are incredibly proud of what we have accomplished in deep collaboration with our partner filmmakers, organizations and supporters.
Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Public Broadcasting Act
“You can’t fully participate in this society unless you see yourselves and your stories told in this society.” – Stephen Gong
“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.'”
CAAM documentary filmmakers nominated for Emmy Awards
The awards ceremony takes place October 5, 2017
CAAM Co-presents “Swim Team” on POV October 2
A moving documentary about the quest for inclusion for autistic teens.
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.