Charles Yu on Bringing ‘Interior Chinatown’ to the Screen
“What we’re really watching is Willis trying to assimilate. It’s the Chinese waiter, trying to become the leading man, the love interest, the hero.”
— Charles Yu
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Rafael Bitanga Wins 2024 CAAM Ready, Set, Pitch!
Rafael Bitanga’s Bridging Our Stories won the 2024 Virtual Ready, Set Pitch! event on October 27. The annual opportunity to pitch works-in-progress is the…
CAAM Receives Mellon Foundation Support for Memories to Light Home Movie Archive
Our Memories to Light program is getting a boost. Learn how the Mellon Foundation NFF program will strengthen our efforts to archive Asian American community videos.
Get to Know Building Bridges Documentary Fund Manager Leila Abu-saada
As part of CAAM’s initiative to support independent documentary films about Muslim experiences in the United States, in partnership with the Doris Duke Foundation,…
What Muslim American Filmmakers are Talking About in 2024
We are in the midst of the independent film festival season, and audiences are watching important documentaries telling the unknown narratives of our time….
CAAM DOCUMENTARY FUND OPEN CALL: APPLY SEPTEMBER 20-OCTOBER 20, 2024
CAAM’s 2025 Documentary Fund is open for submissions. With support from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, CAAM provides production funding to independent producers creating…
Short Takes: Asian and Asian American Representation at the 2024 Emmys
The Emmys are just around the corner, with the Primetime ceremony taking place on Sunday, September 15! This year, Asian and Asian American talent…
High Five to Bring the Sights and Sounds of the Essential Elements to San Francisco Chinatown
Join CAAM and our partners at the Chinatown Media Arts Collective and Edge on the Square for the third annual Contemporary Art Festival on…
CAAM is Supporting 5 New Documentary Films in 2024
We are supporting five new documentary films in 2024, focusing on diverse Asian American experiences. Through our Documentary Fund, supported by the Corporation for…
Sean Wang’s ‘Dìdi’ Shines Light on Growing Up Asian American in Fremont
“I felt like there was a story that was specific to Fremont that, as much as I wanted to contribute to the canon of coming of age stories, I also wanted to hopefully try and contribute a story to the canon of Bay Area films.” — Sean Wang, director of Dìdi (弟弟)
Watch Two Asian American Stories in the 2024 PBS Short Film Festival
The Webby Award-winning PBS Short Film Festival returns this summer – Monday, July 15 through Friday, July 26 – to all PBS and station…
APIAVote 2024 Presidential Town Hall Focuses on Asian American Issues
Want to learn more about how the major presidential candidates are addressing Asian American and Pacific Islander issues? We are partnering once again with…