CAAMFEST SAN JOSE FRESH IN SEPTEMBER
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Memories to Light Special: The Jung Family at Disneyland
In honor of Disneyland’s 60th Anniversary, we’re thrilled to share a short film drawn from the from the home movie collection of the Edmund D. Jung family and their visit to Disneyland in 1956, the year the theme park opened, and from another trip in 1958.
Double your impact to CAAM’s Memories to Light campaign
An anonymous donor has generously agreed to match all donations made to the campaign today, up to $500. Double your impact by donating $10 or more at CAAMedia.org/SupportMtL by midnight tonight.
CAAM and AAJA Live Screening Winners Announced
Angela Sun, Phil Yu and Sonia Narang will present their projects at a live screening at the AAJA national convention on August 12, sponsored by CAAM. Followed by feature-length documentary, Off the Menu: Asian America, directed by Grace Lee and co-produced by CAAM and KQED.
Artist Ahree Lee Uses Asian American Home Movies in Video Installation
“‘Your Piece’ is inspired by Korean wrapping cloths, or bojagi, which women pieced together out of scraps of spare material, creating an heirloom full of beauty and utility from what would otherwise be waste.”
Jasmine Lee Ehrhardt 2015 #MemoriestoLight campaign testimonial
“Because of the organic, unscripted nature of home movies and their ability to capture everyday moments or important occasions in that Asian American family, the widespread distribution of these films allows these images and their personal stories to be normalized.”
CAAM Co-presented Documentaries (POV) “Fallen City” and “When I Walk” Receive Emmy Nominations
Two documentaries CAAM co-presented on PBS’ POV series are nominated for News & Documentary Emmy Awards.
Teaching ELL Hmong Students – An NEH Summer Seminar Teacher’s Reflection
“I applied to the NEH program because I feel that Asian Americans are often overlooked in the American school system, largely perpetuated by the ‘model minority’ myth.”
An English Teacher Reflects on Being A Student Again in the NEH Summer Seminar
“I am embarrassed that I have not taught Asian American film or literature in my classes before; I honestly didn’t know what was out there. The materials I’ve been exposed to in the seminar work on many levels.”
CAAM CO-PRESENTS THE DOUBLE LIFE OF LI XIANGLAN
CAAM is proud to co-present Mei-Juin Chen’s The Double Life of Li XiangLan on Saturday August, 1st from 2-4 pm at Samsung Hall in the Asian Art Museum.
Changing Season: A Screening on the Masumoto Family Farm
During the film’s introduction, the screen deflated and collapsed in slow motion when a stake came loose. Mas came to the rescue and fired up his tractor, tethering the screen to the tractor and re-inflating it. The rest of the show went on without a hitch.
Teaching Asian American curriculum beyond APA Heritage Month
An African American teacher in Alaska seeks ways to connect curriculum with her APA students.
