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Asian American Panorama

80 YEARS LATER

Film 80 YEARS LATER Directed by Celine Parreñas Shimizu Eighty years following the internment of Japanese Americans during WWII, two cousins who were interned during the war…
Unknown Pleasures

ALL THAT BREATHES

Film ALL THAT BREATHES Directed by Shaunak Sen Two Muslim brothers struggle to maintain their sanctuary for birds in smog-filled Delhi, facing financial difficulties and a…
Asia Pop!

AND STILL I SING

Film AND STILL I SING Directed by Fazila Amiri What happens when singing becomes forbidden? Two women on an Afghan TV singing competition hope to defy the…
Special Presentations

BAD AXE

Film BAD AXE Directed by David Siev David Siev and his siblings grew up in Bad Axe, Michigan, home of two main stoplights, cornfields, and…
Asian American Panorama

CHOSEN

Film CHOSEN Directed by Joseph Juhn In 2020, for the first time ever, five Korean Americans ran for U.S. Congress in the same year.…
Asian American Panorama

CROSSINGS

Film CROSSINGS Directed by Deann Borshay Liem Veteran documentarian Deann Borshey Liem (First Person Plural) joins a group of 30 women who dare to walk…
Asian American Panorama

DECOUPLING

Film DECOUPLING Directed by Yinan Wang After the birth of their daughter, Chinese international students Yinan and Yujing decide to have their 11-month-old baby…
Asian American Panorama

LIQUOR STORE DREAMS

Film LIQUOR STORE DREAMS Directed by So Yun Um In her documentary feature debut, filmmaker So Yun Um knits her identity as a “liquor store baby” with…
Unknown Pleasures

MYANMAR DIARIES

Film MYANMAR DIARIES Directed by Myanmar Film Collective In 2021, a Burmese woman livestreams a workout class, inadvertently documenting the moments the military overthrows its civilian…
Special Presentations

NURSE UNSEEN

Film NURSE UNSEEN Directed by Michele Josue Invisible yet ever-present, anonymous yet indispensable. For over six decades, Filipino nurses have been at the frontlines of…
Unknown Pleasures

REMEMBER ME

Film REMEMBER ME Directed by Hung Chun-hsiu Just off the coast of China is Kinmen, a heavily-fortified set of islands governed from afar by Taiwan.…
Special Presentations

WISDOM GONE WILD

Film WISDOM GONE WILD Directed by Rea Tajiri In this masterwork of a career-long investigation into collective memory, Rea Tajiri (Strawberry Fields) partners with her mother,…