CAAM and ITVS funded project A VILLAGE CALLED VERSAILLES featured on Frontline World
As part of the soon to be launched Abroad at Home series, Frontline World Rough Cut features S. Leo Chiang’s A VILLAGE CALLED VERSAILLES.
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NMC fellow LeValdo focuses on funding for tribal schools
National Minority Consortia fellow, Rhonda LeValdo, reports from Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, Kansas focusing on the presidential race and how federal funding for education impacts many students on campus.
New Series: Filmmaker on Filmmaker
Welcome to Filmmaker on Filmmaker – a new series all about filmmakers talking about other filmmakers. First up – Richie Mehta.
CAAM Media Fund recipient PROJECT KASHMIR Screening in NYC and LA
From directors Senain Kheshgi and Geeta V. Patel comes PROJECT KASHMIR, a feature documentary that explores war between countries and war within oneself by delving into the fraught lives of young people caught in the social/political conflict of one of the most beautiful, and most deadly, places on earth. Screening in NYC and LA in August.
The (Almost) Invisible Strike
You may not have seen it on the news, but this week the service workers at the University of California campuses and hospitals have been holding a five-day strike to call for higher wages.
Diss-Orienting: A Blog by Joie Tran
This is a new series dedicated to spastic fits of rage and rapture specifically for those equipped with Netflix and extra disposable income to attend the local indieplex.
SFIAAFF Call for Entries Closed
Thank you for your submissions! The SFIAAFF Call for Entries is now closed. Filmmakers will be notified of their acceptance by late January 2009.
The 26th San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival Wraps
The San Francisco Int’l Asian American Film Festival (March 13 – 23, 2008) wrapped with an estimated attendance of 30,000, over 225 filmmakers, actors and industry guests, and 57 sold-out shows.
IN-N-OUT: Hyphen’s Bone Marrow Drive
Hyphen magazine and Chinese for Affirmative Action have collaborated with Project Michelle and the Asian American Donor Program to bring a bone marrow drive to the heart of the Bay Area to increase the registration numbers of Asian Americans.
CAAM Media Fund Project on PBS
CAAM Media Fund Project A DREAM IN DOUBT airs on PBS in the month of May. We hope you will mark your calendars and forward this message to your friends and colleagues.
The Diversity Beat – National Minority Consortia Election Initiative 2008
Watch the latest stories produced by the National Minority Consortia (NMC) Election Initiative fellows. In anticipation of the 2008 Presidential Election, the National Minority Consortia (NMC) presents the Diversity Beat – a multi-platform initiative to incorporate diversity in public media as a central premise to covering a national news event, while also signaling public media’s commitment to diversity in public affairs reporting.
CAAM Media Fund project CALAVERA HIGHWAY at SFIFF
CAAM Media Funded documentary Calavera Highway premieres Sunday, May 4, 6:15 pm at Sundance Kabuki Cinemas, 1881 Post St. at Fillmore, San Francisco