CAAMFEST 2018 CALL FOR ENTRIES NOW OPEN!
The Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) is now accepting submissions for CAAMFest May 2018. CAAMFest is the nation’s largest showcase for new…
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Thank you CAAMFest35 Co-Presenters!
This year, 71 organizations and community groups helped us promote CAAMFest35 screenings and events to their networks and audiences. Thank you for partnering with us to ensure that diverse audiences were able to experience the 35th anniversary of CAAMFest!
Memoirs of a Superfan Vol 12.10: “Cries From Syria”
“Cries from Syria” will likely stand for years to come as the definitive document of the Syrian crisis.
2017 CAAMFest Award Winners!
Announcing our CAAMFest 2017 award winners — updated with our Audience Award winners!
Memoirs of a Superfan Vol 12.9: The Opposite of Exclusion
Both Lena Khan’s THE TIGER HUNTER and Ric Burns’ and Li-Shin Yu’s THE CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT revealed the pull of American ideals, drawing immigrants across oceans in hope of a better life.
Memoirs of a Superfan Vol 12.8: Angie Wang and “Cardinal X”
CARDINAL X is Angie Wang’s assured debut feature. Much of the film is autobiographical, depicting an Angie Wang onscreen (played by Annie Q.) who…
Memoirs of a Superfan Vol 12.7: Vulnerability as character at CAAMFest35
Five films especially resonate with vulnerability and insecurity, our human lot in life, and I encourage you to watch them all.
“Blasian Narratives” at CAAMFest and Oakland Museum of California
The project began as a collaboration between Morehouse and Spelman College students documenting and exploring the identity formations of individuals with mixed Afro-Asian heritage, colloquially known as “Blasians.”
Memoirs of a Superfan Vol 12.6: Persistence of Vision, Vision of Persistence
The experience always renews and deepens me, a shower of light that purifies and trues the spirit.
“Guangzhou Dream Factory” follows flows of capital and people between Africa and China
“Guangzhou Dream Factory” addresses the contours of these cultural and economic interactions, looking at the push factors for migration and the impact of global capitalism in Africa and China.
“The Chinese Exclusion Act” — A New Film About A 19th-Century Law With 21st-Century Lessons
“The greatest thing to have learned is that across time, the Chinese were standing up every step of the way.” -co-director Li-Shin Yu.
New web series features friendship between women of color— and they’re not the sidekicks
“Brown Girls” ventures into intimate portrayals of intersectional lives between friends of color.