Written By: Kano Umezaki Back in late June of 2021, I had the pleasure of speaking with documentary filmmaker and activist, Renee Tajima-Peña, about the PBS “Asian Americans” series, the origins of the Asian/American political film movement, and the s ...
Kayo Hatta’s ‘Picture Bride,’ a forgotten film ahead of its time
Written By: Nathan Liu “Between 1907 and 1924, more than 20,000 young Japanese, Okinawan and Korean women journeyed to Hawaii to become the wives of men they knew only through photographs and letters. They were called ‘picture brides.’ This film is ba ...
Ismail Merchant: Film producer poster child
Written By: Nathan Liu Producers. They’re crucial to filmmaking, yet few people seem to know what they actually do. I certainly didn’t. For years, if you’d asked me what I thought a producer was, I’d probably have said, “A fat, cigar-chomping man, ...
‘The mentality and environment we create is something that’s always founded in love’: An interview with filmmaker Jalena Keane-Lee
Written By: Kano Umezaki As we celebrate Asian/Pacific/American Heritage Month, I found it important to think about ways in which filmmaking can support the Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) community materially through co ...
POINT OF INTEREST: JANET YANG
CineVue met up with Janet Yang to discuss her experience on producing AAIFF’12 Opening Presentation, SHANGHAI CALLING.
indieWIRE | Producer Janet Yang to Receive 2012 Asian American Media Award
indieWire reports on Janet Yang receiving Asian CineVision’s 2012 Asian American Media Award.
Tech Exec/Producer Philip Lam Joins Asian CineVision Board of Directors
Lam is a Principal with Hot Studio Inc., a digital design and technology firm. He is a 20+ year veteran of the information technology and interactive media industries and has played critical roles in numerous ground-breaking initiatives
involving personalization technology, e-commerce, social media and computer/console gaming.