The winner of the TOYOTA MATRIX FREE YOUR STORY CONTEST is Kelly Li!
Our jury has chosen Kelly Li’s STILL SHOT as the grand prize winner of the TOYOTA MATRIX FYS contest.
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Bracketing Race
By Misa Oyama
Last month an Asian American protest against Sacramento’s free public screening of Breakfast at Tiffany’s led to the film’s cancellation. Although the film is famous for Audrey Hepburn’s starring role, it also includes Mickey Rooney in a minor role as a buck-toothed Japanese landlord.
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.
CAAM and the Japantown Merchants Association present CINEMA UNDER THE STARS
The Center for Asian American Media co-presents a free outdoor screening of THE GIRL WHO LEAPT THROUGH TIME. Preceded by a screening of the Toyota Matrix Free Your Contest winner!
Co-presentation of MATCHA: TEA & SPICE at the Asian Art Museum
Sip earthy tea inside a mammoth atmospheric, communal space, which celebrates the centuries-old nomadic trade and travel of the Silk Routes. Elsewhere in the museum, taste teas from India, Persia, and Tibet or those along China’s Tea and Horse Roads. TEA & SPICE takes place at the Asian Art Museum on September 4th at 5:30pm.
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.
Get out the Asian American vote!
Check out this PSA video from CAUSE ( Center for Asian Americans United for Self Empowerment ) featuring George Takei, Kelly Hu and George Huang.
Co-presentation of UNKNOWN PLEASURES
Pacific Film Archive presents UNKNOWN PLEASURES: The Films of Jia Zhangke. Viewers wishing to understand China’s vast changes during the last decade, those seeking arguably the most important, critically acclaimed director of our era, should start in one place: the films of Jia Zhangke. UNKNOWN PLEASURES film series screens from September 12 – October 17, 2008 at the Pacific Film Archive.
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.
WHATEVER IT TAKES: Almost There
So I need to apologize again for the long absence between blog posts here… As you might imagine, things have been incredibly busy as we get to the very end of the film. Right now, we are consumed with three major tasks: finishing the edit, crafting the animation, and choosing a composer.
JOYFUL LIFE screening at the ATA
Anita Wen-Shin Chang’s Joyful Life is a feature documentary in collaboration with Hansen’s disease (Leprosy) patients residing at Taiwan’s Lo-Sheng (“Joyful Life”), one of the few remaining sanatoriums in the world, on the verge of disappearing. Due to resident, student and human rights activism, plans for total destruction have stopped. At this point, the sanatorium remains despite continued pressures from the government, private interests and local civilians to excavate.