“Mixed Match” Focuses on Need for Multiracial Bone Marrow Donors
Finding a bone marrow donor is hard. “Mixed Match” shows it’s even harder if you’re mixed-race.
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Chinese Exclusion Act Curriculum – Alameda County’s Teacher of the Year Jah-Yee Woo’s Testimonial
“The curriculum is important, for it gives students an opportunity to grapple with their own experiences and stories within the larger narratives of immigration of this country.”
How “Free Solo” Filmmakers Grappled With Ethical Questions of Filming Climber Alex Honnold’s Most Bold Move
“Free Solo,” a National Geographic feature documentary from the filmmakers behind “Meru,” Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, is now in theaters.
Q&A With Adele Free Pham, “Nailed It” Documentary Director
Nailed It screened to a full house at CAAMFest in May, and has been selected as part of the New Orleans Film Festival.
CAAM-funded Documentary “Abacus” Wins Emmy
Director Steve James (“Hoop Dreams,” “The Interrupters”) chronicles the Chinese immigrant Sung family’s fight to clear their names amid the financial crisis.
CAAM At Getting Real ’18 IDA Conference
Stay tuned for an announcement as part of our support for filmmakers!
CAAM Documentary Fund Open Call Starts September 1, 2018
With support from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, CAAM provides production funding to independent producers for national public television.
Preserving Foodways with Chef Tu David Phu | Cá Kho Tộ Peppercorn Braised Fish
The story of how Chef Tu went from Phú Quốc to Top Chef using ingredients largely unfamiliar to Western palates is captured in BLOODLINE.
CAAM-Funded “Abacus: Small Enough to Jail” Nominated for Peabody Award
The film is about the family-owned Abacus Federal Savings Bank, the only U.S. bank to face criminal charges after the 2008 financial crisis.
CAAM Announces National Minority Consortia Fellows
Quyên Nguyen-Le and Tani Ikeda will join CAAM as part of the National Minority Consortia fellowship, and will be mentored by filmmaker Tadashi Nakamura (“Mele Murals,” “Life on Four Strings: The Jake Shimabukuro Story”).
Celebrate Black History Month
Celebrate Black History Month by watching documentaries from our public media partners, PBS and World Channel, all month long, with a lineup of new…
“ABACUS” DIRECTOR STEVE JAMES NOMINATED FOR A DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA AWARD!
The nomination comes on the heels of being shortlisted for an Oscar.