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THE 12TH SUSPECT
Film
THE 12TH SUSPECT
Directed by Ko Myoungsung
Nearly completely set in the tense confines of an ordinary cafe, this political whodunit swirls with post-Korean War…
Asian American Panorama
AMERICAN WOMAN
Film
AMERICAN WOMAN
Directed by Semi Chellas
Inspired by the Patty Hearst kidnapping, a Japanese American radical must decide whether to protect the granddaughter of…
Discoveries
THE CHIEF OF YANCHENG DISTRICT
Film
THE CHIEF OF YANCHENG DISTRICT
Directed by Adiong Lu
There once was a song / about sensuous spirits / that had everyone in Taiwan / aching to…
Asian American Panorama
CHINATOWN RISING
Film
CHINATOWN RISING
Directed by Harry Chuck, Josh Chuck
ENCORE SCREENING - 20,000 feet of film gathering dust in Harry Chuck’s garage is now an electrifying documentary,…
Asian American Panorama
GEOGRAPHIES OF KINSHIP
Film
GEOGRAPHIES OF KINSHIP
Directed by Deann Borshay Liem
Thirty years after the Korean War, South Korea emerged as the leader in international adoption, despite a flourishing…
Asian American Panorama
JERONIMO
Film
JERONIMO
Directed by Joseph Juhn
An encounter with a taxi driver unearths the little-known history of Koreans trafficked to Latin America and the…
Asian American Panorama
LOVE BOAT: TAIWAN
Film
LOVE BOAT: TAIWAN
Directed by Valerie Soe
Since the 1960s, the Taiwan government has hosted summer culture camps for young overseas Chinese. But “Love Boat,”…
Asian American Panorama
SEADRIFT
Film
SEADRIFT
Directed by Tim Tsai
Investigating a sensational courtroom case, KKK targeting, and the capacity for reconciliation years later, director Tim Tsai revisits…
Masters
SO LONG, MY SON
Film
SO LONG, MY SON
Directed by Wang Xiaoshuai
The three decades following the Cultural Revolution are traced by the strange fates of two families – once…
Masters
THREE MAKES A WHOLE
Film
THREE MAKES A WHOLE
Directed by Zero Chou
Zero Chou pays tribute to director Liu Li-li with a biopic in the mode of the soapy melodramas…
Discoveries
WHAT WE LEFT UNFINISHED
Film
WHAT WE LEFT UNFINISHED
Directed by Mariam Ghani
Long thought disappeared, five unfinished films reveal the scrappy directors and studios who persisted amidst the whims and…
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