CAAMFest36, A Love That Will Love You Back: Memoirs of a Superfan Vol 13.2
Read more about some of our Superfan’s recommendations for CAAMFest36!
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Memoirs of a Superfan Vol 13.1: Atsuko Hirayanagi and “Oh Lucy!”
The film follows Setsuko, a single, depressed and “unfulfilled office-lady” in Tokyo as she has an awakening of individuality.
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Memoirs of a Superfan Vol 12.12: Steve James, the Sung family and “Abacus” Documentary
Abacus is an intimate look at the Sung family’s resolve as their bank serving predominantly the Chinese immigrant community in New York City became the only bank prosecuted after the 2008 Great Recession.
Memoirs of a Superfan Vol 12.11: For Here Or To Go addresses Immigration
The film raises issues of “immigration limbo”, discrimination, becoming undocumented by accident, and other issues facing legal immigrants.
Memoirs of a Superfan Vol 12.10: “Cries From Syria”
“Cries from Syria” will likely stand for years to come as the definitive document of the Syrian crisis.
Memoirs of a Superfan Vol 12.9: The Opposite of Exclusion
Both Lena Khan’s THE TIGER HUNTER and Ric Burns’ and Li-Shin Yu’s THE CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT revealed the pull of American ideals, drawing immigrants across oceans in hope of a better life.
Memoirs of a Superfan Vol 12.8: Angie Wang and “Cardinal X”
CARDINAL X is Angie Wang’s assured debut feature. Much of the film is autobiographical, depicting an Angie Wang onscreen (played by Annie Q.) who…
Memoirs of a Superfan Vol 12.7: Vulnerability as character at CAAMFest35
Five films especially resonate with vulnerability and insecurity, our human lot in life, and I encourage you to watch them all.
Memoirs of a Superfan Vol 12.6: Persistence of Vision, Vision of Persistence
The experience always renews and deepens me, a shower of light that purifies and trues the spirit.
Memoirs of a Superfan Vol 12.5: Make America
Sami takes the physical journey from India to America; he sets off on a hunting expedition in the form of killing it at work; and then embarks on a spiritual journey beyond America towards some higher state.
Memoirs of a Superfan Vol. 12.4: Crazy Poor Asians
I’m sure we’ll all be lining up for Constance Wu and Crazy Rich Asians when they hit the big screen, but no CAAMFest would be complete without Crazy Poor Asians.