Ready, Set, Pitch! Highlights From CAAM’s 2021 Virtual Pitchfest
Seven CAAM Fellows pitched their documentary projects to a panel of industry leaders. Learn more about the films and find out which film will receive funding.
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Watch CAAMFest Films “Atomic Cafe” and “Phony” in the PBS Short Film Festival
CAAM will have two films in the 2021 PBS Short Film Festival, running from July 12-23. For the tenth annual festival, we are proud…
Data and Storytelling Are In Karthick Ramakrishnan’s DNA
“We believe that data is beautiful, or can be beautiful and compelling. So we put a lot of time and thought into how data are visualized and presented.”
Watch the Digital Premiere of The Hindsight Project Films
Three Asian Americans are among the emerging filmmakers from the American South and Puerto Rico whose works are part of the Hindsight project, now available for streaming on PBS
CAAM Co-produced ‘Asian Americans’ Wins 2020 Peabody Documentary Award
The CAAM co-produced PBS documentary series Asian Americans is one of the first winners announced by the 2020 Peabody Awards, one of most prestigious…
Storytellers Session: A Conversation with Ursula Liang Recap
During our first Storytellers Session on March 18, filmmaker and journalist Ursula Liang discussed belonging, representation, and Asian American communities and her filmmaking advice.
CAAM Filmmaker Summit 2021: Individual Conversations, Intentional Communities
Collaboration was the theme for this year’s CAAM Filmmaker Summit, a fitting celebration of the community that held our backs and inspired us through…
Blood on Gold Mountain Podcast Dramatizes the Early Roots of Anti-Asian Violence
From musicians Micah Huang (The Flower Pistils) and Hao Huang (Professor of Music, Scripps College) comes Blood on Gold Mountain, a new multi-episode storytelling…
Looking Back at CAAMFest 2021, Our 39th Festival
Check out some highlights of this year’s festival! And make sure to scroll down to find out the winners of the CAAMFest Awards.
CAAM Co-Produced White House Event Wraps AANHPI Heritage Month
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris address the Asian American and Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander communities in a virtual greeting
Interview With Filmmaker Iman Zawahry on the Inspiration Behind “Americanish”
As one of the first hijabi female filmmakers in the nation, Iman Zawahry has made it her mission to share Muslim womens’ stories with…
Chef Tu David Phu Tells Stories of Migration Through Food
“I think authenticity is often misused. For me, authenticity is a feeling and emotion that you can invoke in somebody that something’s genuine.”