“Fresh Off The Boat”‘s Lucille Soong on Becoming an Accidental Actor
Soong talks about acting, representation and selfies.
Media
CAAM and NBCUniversal Host “Expanding the Conversation: Asian Americans in Media” Panel Nov. 2 in Los Angeles
“We hope this conversation will spark real change within the media industry.” — Stephen Gong
LIFE IMITATING ART IMITATING LIFE – GUEST POST BY HUDSON YANG
“When they cast me as Eddie, they did it in part because in a lot of ways, we’re alike. I mean, it’s not just that we kind of look alike: We say what’s on our minds and we do what we feel like we gotta do, and we both really love food.”
CAAM Receives NEA Grant
The National Endowment of the Arts grants CAAM $45,000 for CAAMFest 2015.
Author Jeff Chang Talks Culture, Politics and Documentaries
“The steps that artists are taking, it shifts the imagination of what can be. That makes a new politics possible.”
Present / Future Summit Videos and More: Part 1!
Did you miss the Present / Future Summit on Asian American Media at SFIAAFF30? This townhall-style conversation brought together the most creative minds in…
Present/Future: A Community Conversation on Asian American Media (Free)
Think one-part TED talk, one-part Townhall and we have the PRESENT/FUTURE Summit. In a fast-paced, provocative dialogue engaging today’s most interesting thinkers and creators, presentations by five featured speakers will be answered by five designated respondents and audience talk back. Covering topics of technology, new content production, television, socially conscious media, and exhibition. Don’t miss this one-of-a-kind meeting of minds!
How Do You Use Media In The Classroom?
As part of CAAM’s exploration of the future of Asian American media, we asked Prof. Kale Fajardo (Univ. of Minnesota), Prof. Allan Issac (Rutgers Univ.) and Prof. Martin Manalansan (Univ. of Illinois) their thoughts, methods and observations on using media in the classroom.
What Would You Like To See In The Future of Asian American Media?
CAAM was recently at the 2011 Association for Asian American Studies Conference in New Orleans and interviewed several attendees. We asked scholars and educators their thoughts on the future of Asian American media.
Vlog #3 CAAM at the Flaherty Film Seminar 2010
Time, indigeneity, ideology, and audience are all touch upon in vlog #3 of our series on the The 56th Annual Flaherty Film Seminar. This video covers day 4 of our experience at Flaherty and features Amalia Cordova, Flaherty board member and programmer at the National Museum of the American Indian, as well as Filmmakers Akosua Adoma Owusu and Michael Glawogger.
CAAM Vlog #2 from the Flaherty 2010
Here is the next post in our series on the The 56th Annual Flaherty Film Seminar. This video covers day 3 and we were getting into the swing of things. Christine and I interviewed filmmaker Kazuhiro Soda, director of MENTAL and the CAAM distributed film, CAMPAIGN.
CAAM Vlog from the Flaherty 2010
The 56th Annual Flaherty Film Seminar took place recently in upstate New York June 19-25, 2010. Christine Kwon and Michella Rivera-Gravage had an amazing experience there this year. Check out our video blog!