Presenters of the Asian American International Film Festival
Written By Kano Umezaki In the triptych documentary, “Far East Deep South,” director Larissa Lam and co-producer Baldwin Chiu explore the traumatic, intergenerational consequences of coerced Chinese labor migration in the American South. The documentar ...
Written By: Huizhu Pan This article contains spoilers. Blending into the community can be a life-long concern for many migrants in the United States. Their insecurity usually comes from various aspects, including cultural discrepancy and ide ...
Written By: Saiya Floyd Earlier this summer, we spoke to three New York based artists on how they were handling the current pandemic. We spoke to Wynton Wong (interview on 5/13/20), Vera Chow (interview on 5/14/20), and Chithra Jeyaram (interview on 6/1 ...
Written By: Jeremy Lim “Easier to be scared than happy.” Charlotte Wang says this slumped in her auditorium seat with a beaming smile on her face, waiting to be called on stage. This beautiful mix of emotions, a moment filled with anxiety yet bereft of ...
By: Michelle Ahn and Demi Guo Editor's note: Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Tony McDade, Dion Johnson, Rayshard Brooks, Elijah McClain, and so many more Black lives that matter. Since May, a system that was built against Black and I ...
This Asian Pacific American History Month (APAHM) has given us a wave of media content featuring our community. We got documentaries that gave us broad overviews of our history (PBS’s series “Asian Americans”) and ones that had a more hyper-focused approa ...
The humble podcast that snagged Andrew Yang and Michelle Phan Written By: Demi Guo Rock the Boat is currently hosting “On the Same Boat,” a series of mental health talks for coping during COVID-19. It airs every Friday at 5PM EST. Co-host Lucia Liu di ...
Written By: Michelle Ahn This Memorial Day may feel different from previous ones, but you can still enjoy new content from the Asian American community to finish off APAHM strong. While everyone is coping with these uncertain times in different wa ...
Written By: Saiya Floyd Looking back, the 2010s were a jolt of energy that catapulted Asian American media representation solidly into the mainstream. Of course there had been a few breakthrough stars before the 2010s, and a few movies and TV shows th ...