Why Asian American Representation Matters, Even in the South
Read Anita Sugimura’s first person account of being an Asian American filmmaker in the rural South, part of CAAM’s initiative to support Asian American filmmakers in the American South.
Read Anita Sugimura’s first person account of being an Asian American filmmaker in the rural South, part of CAAM’s initiative to support Asian American filmmakers in the American South.
“Staying in the South is an opportunity to be part of a wave of Southern storytellers coming from a perspective that hasn’t been seen much on the national level. “
Calling all emerging Asian American Filmmakers in the South! The Sauce Fellowship will support filmmakers to produce a documentary short focusing on Asian American experiences in the U.S. South. Apply by November 15, 2020
“I’m able to enter and ride that privilege for access (to) certain spaces. You know, so when characters in the film, talk about Blacks, it is clear that they don’t believe that the person they’re talking to is Black.”