CAAM-funded films win Awards at LA Asian Pacific Film Festival
“Mele Murals” and “Forever, Chinatown” win awards at LAAPFF!
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How a Syrian American film producer found connection in Koreatown after the L.A. Riots
Mustafa Rony Zeno, consulting producer of K-TOWN ’92, reflects on trying to find connections between his mosque in Koreatown to Sa-I-Gu.
#MyAPALife with PBS and CAAM
We’re celebrating #APAHM through your stories. Take a Pic! Share a story! Use #MyAPALife and tag @PBS and @CAAM
Grace Lee’s ‘K-TOWN ‘92’ Tells a Different Story of the LA Riots
To Lee, the days of unrest also brought Korean America to mainstream consciousness like nothing before it. NOW STREAMING ON PBS!
“THE BIRTH OF SAKÉ” Wins James Beard Award
The film has received a 2017 James Beard Foundation Award for Best Documentary!
Seven New Asian American Documentaries Premiere on PBS and World Channel in May
“Lucky Chow Season 2,” “Mele Murals,” “Forever, Chinatown,” “Good Luck Soup,” “Relocation, Arkansas – Aftermath of Incarceration,” “Finding Samuel Lowe” and “Breathin’: The Eddy Zheng Story” will premiere on TV this May.
CAAM nominated for Shorty Award – Best in Social Media
#MyAPALife, #MiHistory, #MyBlackHistory and #NativeInspired are nominated for best in Multicultural Community Engagement.
Preserving Public Media for the Public & Telling Diverse Stories
Public television and public radio are the only outlets that have supported and presented Asian American stories in media consistently over the years.
In Memoriam: Philip P. Choy (1926-2017)
“Phil tirelessly devoted himself to research, preservation and education of Chinese American history.”
Educators Are Creating “Who is American?” Chinese Exclusion Act Curriculum
“Curriculum development for the project is underway with educational leaders from the Bay Area.”
“The Chinese Exclusion Act” — A New Film About A 19th-Century Law With 21st-Century Lessons
“The greatest thing to have learned is that across time, the Chinese were standing up every step of the way.” -co-director Li-Shin Yu.