Amna Nawaz Takes Up Space and Tells Stories
“It just clicked that this was a form of public service. This was someplace I could tell stories and use my natural curiosity and my desire to travel and to be close to things.”
Television
Bay Area Native Avantika on Becoming the First South Asian Lead of a Disney Channel Original Movie, “Spin”
Spin is the 110th Disney Channel Original Movie, but the first to be centered on an Indian American protagonist. Starring Avantika (Mira, Royal Detective)…
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,…
Firelight Media, Reel South, and CAAM Announce Filmmakers Selected for the Hindsight Project
“We as a nation are revisiting the complicated racial narratives of the United States, and it is important to recognize that Asian Americans are and have long been a part of the South,” says CAAM Executive Director Stephen Gong. “CAAM is pleased to partner on this project to bring these diverse documentaries to public media that represent a more authentic portrait of the regional South.”
It’s Beginning to Look a Little More Asian American in Holiday Romantic Comedies
Midori Francis, the star of Netflix’s “Dash and Lily” on bringing a mixed-race Asian American family to a holiday rom-com
Helen Zia is Developing a TV Series on the 1982 Murder of Vincent Chin and Landmark Civil Rights Case
Author, activist and journalist Helen Zia is developing a limited TV series on the landmark civil rights case about the 1982 murder of Chinese…
Watch “Lea Salonga In Concert” on PBS Great Performances Friday, November 27
“I hope that the excitement that we all feel is contagious and that everybody that watches it feels our joy and our spirit.” —Lea Salonga
Get to Know Leslie Fields-Cruz, Executive Director of Black Public Media
“BIPOC communities are indelibly intertwined in the American experience. If more of these stories are made and shared with the American public, then we can help to dispel the divisive rhetoric that seeks to keep us apart.”
“The Claudia Kishi Club” Documentary Focuses on “The Baby-Sitters Club” Character That Inspired a Generation of Asian Americans
How the fictional Japanese American teen inspired a generation of creatives… and a new documentary on Netflix.
Vote For Drama Del Rosario’s “In This Family” During the PBS Short Film Festival, July 13-24
Watch CAAM’s entry into the PBS Short Film Festival and learn about “In This Family” filmmaker Drama Del Rosario.
Watch “And She Could Be Next” on PBS June 29-30
Last month, we presented the first episode of Grace Lee and Marjan Safinia’s documentary And She Could Be Next during CAAMFest: Heritage at Home….
The “Asian Americans” Team Tells the Story Behind the Series
A Filmmaker Summit happy hour celebrating the past, present and future of Asian American storytelling