CAAM Documentary Fund Open Call Starts September 1, 2018
With support from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, CAAM provides production funding to independent producers for national public television.
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CAAM 2018 Documentary Fund Awards
The new awardees include “Mixed” “First Vote,” “Hamtramck, USA,” and a new untitled race and criminal justice documentary.
Thank you For Voting and Watching During the PBS Online Film Fest!
See who won during the film festival
CAAM-FUNDED DOCUMENTARY “ABACUS” NOMINATED FOR A NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARD
PBS leads the News & Documentary Emmy Awards with 45 nominations
Q&A with “Our Time” Director Arpita Kumar
“We used water to create these moments of wonder for Maira’s character.”
Q&A with “Black Muslim Woman” Writer Mikel Jones on Identity
CAAM’s Muslim Youth Voices program filmmaker delivers a powerful poem on beauty and blackness.
Q&A with “Flip the Record” Director Marie Jamora on Filipinx DJ Culture
“I have an appreciation for the struggle of having to prove oneself to your male counterparts, and that’s what inspired me to tell this story from a woman’s perspective.”
2018 PBS Online Film Festival Kicks off July 16
“Flip the Record,” “Our Time,” and “Black Muslim Woman” are part of the lineup from CAAM filmmakers.
“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 Documentaries & Programs at CAAMFest36
CAAMFest, the annual festival for Asian and Asian American showcases presented by the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM), brings 25 films produced or…
CAAM-funded films nominated for Emmy Awards
Congrats to “Forever, Chinatown” and “Mele Murals!”
Six Asian American Documentaries Premiere on PBS and World Channel this May
Join us in watching the broadcast premiere of these enlightening and inspiring films that spotlight the resilience of Asian Americans, and the role of Asian Americans in shaping U.S. history.