Center for Asian American Media
I’ve been thinking about the idea of suspicion lately. There is a lot to be wary about, and yet the idea of suspicion presents an infinite range of possibility – for the creation of counter-narratives and counter-cultures, for example. I would argue that there must be some slight inkling of suspicion that continues to motivate the work that CAAM does today.
Taking place during the 31st annual Independent Film Week, IFP’s Independent Filmmaker Conference is the must-attend event for film and media professionals to learn how today’s creative choices and business decisions are impacting tomorrow’s artists, industry and audiences.
Frameline’s latest home video, ASIAN QUEER SHORTS is now available for purchase. ASIAN QUEER SHORTS is a sexy compilation of the best of Asian shorts from Frameline featuring: Still, Last Full Show, Dissolution of Bodies, A Crimson Mark, and Yellow Fever.
This ferociously funny, utterly unreliable memoir chronicles David Henry Hwang’s struggle to define racial identity in the mixed-up melting pot of contemporary America.
First-time director Sarab Singh Neelam’s award-winning film OCEAN OF PEARLS opens in Bay Area theatres starting August 21st through the 27th.
Marking this double occasion, The Center for Asian American Media and the Japantown Merchants Association will host a free outdoor screening of the wacky, fun film, Kamikaze Girls, on Friday, August 14, at 8:15 pm.
Calling all Lolitas and Yankis! Rock your best Lolita or Yanki threads to the outdoor screening of KAMIKAZE GIRLS on Friday, August 14th for the KAMIKAZE GIRLS FASHION SHOW! Best Lolita and Yanki fashion wins a surPrize, compliments of CAAM, Japantown Merchants Association and VIZ Pictures!
MATCHA, the Asian Art Museum’s exhilarating evening mixer, returns on Thursday, August 27. View an Iaido demonstration with Esaka Sensei, participate in a Dojo movement workshop, and more.
Join the CENTER FOR ASIAN AMERICAN MEDIA at the CHINESE FOR AFFIRMATIVE ACTION 40th Anniversary Celebration of Justice. CAAM will be recognized for its artistic showcase of diverse Asian American experiences through independent media, including hosting the annual San Francisco Asian American Festival.
The National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture invites you to join us in Boston from August 26 – 29 for Commonwealth, NAMAC’s biennial convening for media and visual arts leaders, practitioners, researchers, technologists, advocates, scholars, students, funders, and policymakers.
Festival intern Tracy Wang catches up with SFIAAFF alumni Jeff Lei about “Dick Ho” and his experience as the enigmatic Asian male porn star.
On the eve of the long-awaited Khmer Rouge trial an American survivor of the genocide returns to Cambodia hoping to unlock the mystery of her father’s disappearance in 1975. OUT OF THE POISON TREE follows Thida Buth Mam’s quest for the truth, stirring up fractured pieces of one family’s nightmare. OUT OF THE POISON TREE airs on KQED throughout August.
