“I grew up understanding my Vietnamese identity a lot through food. I think a lot of people within diasporic communities could relate to understanding their specific community through food – through this flavor, this taste, this love and tender care that goes into the food.”
— filmmaker Melanie Ho, whose documentary ‘my mom (mẹ con)’ is now streaming via WORLD Channel.
“It was a lightbulb moment for me to realize that my heroes have always been there, right in my community.”
“I think authenticity is often misused. For me, authenticity is a feeling and emotion that you can invoke in somebody that something’s genuine.”
In Walt Disney Animation Studios’ 59th film, Raya and the Last Dragon, the land of Kumandra has been divided for the past 500 years…
Susan Lieu’s one-woman show explores themes of loss, grief, and healing.
The refugee experience has been a fundamental part of the Asian American experience. Check out some of documentaries that shed light on these experiences, from our archives to new films premiering this month on PBS.
“I confess to sharing that feeling of being slighted in seeing my own traditional dishes being ‘explained’ by an ‘outsider.'” – Andrew Lam
In her daytime job, Ali Wong writes for the popular ABC family show Fresh Off the Boat, the first Asian American family sitcom since Margaret…
“Giap’s Last Day at the Ironing Board Factory,” winner of CAAMFest 2015’s Loni Ding Award for Social Issue Documentary, will play on PBS stations in May.
CAAM partnered with StoryCorps to capture oral history interviews about traditions, new and old.
The recordings will culminate in a special series of oral history devoted to Lunar New Year. Come in with someone you know, someone who’s important to you in some way, and share your story.
“…Vietnamese are not victims—they are survivors, they are fighters, they are strong women and men who are proud. They are the more interesting and compelling main characters in my lens.”