Presenters of the Asian American International Film Festival
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 ...
Written By: Nathan Liu In a 2015 interview with the Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment, actor Daniel Dae Kim described how he thought it was time for Asian performers to take leading roles. Specifically, he insisted that it was time for Asi ...
Written By: Saiya Floyd The first thing that strikes you when you see Celia Au in person is that she’s cool. She strides into Housing Works Bookstore and Cafe in SoHo, in a mostly black ensemble (a requisite for any New Yorker), made unique with bold ...
Written by: Demi Guo and Michelle Ahn Kalaya’an means “freedom” in Tagalog. That’s as much as I know, as I shake hands with him and sit down in the Kusina Pinoy Bistro in Queens. He chose this name for himself, to reflect his roots and faith. He is ...
Written By: Michelle Ahn “Happy Cleaners” starts off with chaos — a family fight over the dinner table about a rebellious son’s dream to follow his passion, and a stubborn mom’s philosophy that the only path to success is higher education. The fi ...
Written by: Demi Guo In America: “Crazy Rich Asians.” “Always Be My Maybe.” Suddenly, “The Farewell”! Drama! In China: CGI. Yet another remake of the “Snake Goddess,” but what’s the story? Enter Wen Ren, with starry skies, mainland actors a ...
Written By: Melissa Slaughter Eva Noblezada as Rose “Square peg, round hole. I run away with nowhere to go.” Eva Noblezada croons this line in varying degrees during the course of her starring turn in the film Yellow Rose. The 23-year-old is al ...