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Posts in category: Retrospective

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Raising the Banner in ‘Hito Hata’

September 13, 2023
by Ren Hsieh

When Asian Cinevision announced their program for the 46th Asian American International Film Festival, I gravitated immediately to the screening of a 4K restoration of “HITO HATA: Raise the Banner,” touted in the program as the “first full-length feature ...

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‘Better Luck Tomorrow’: 20 Years Later

December 13, 2022
by Nathan Liu

Tackling the legacy of the greatest Asian American filmThis article contains spoilers.On October 4, 2019, the LA Times’ released an article titled “The 20 best Asian American films of the last 20 years.” And number one on their list was the 2002 crime dra ...

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‘Freckled Rice’: Postscript by Yuet-fung Ho

August 13, 2022
by Asian CineVision

Written by: Yuet-fung Ho Editor's Note: “Freckled Rice” originally screened at AAIFF83. It is an ACV Classic that re-screened at AAIFF45. Yuet-fung Ho produced the film alongside her husband, Steven C. Ning. This postscript originally appeared in the AAI ...

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Miyoshi Umeki: Forgotten APA icon

May 11, 2020
by Nathan Liu

For this Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, we are looking back at Miyoshi Umeki’s legacy as the only Asian actress to win an Academy Award.

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Bruce Lee: A flesh and blood folk hero

March 9, 2020
by Nathan Liu

Written By: Nathan Liu Bruce Lee. What more do I need to say? You all know him, the actor and martial artist whose hit films helped bridge the gap between East and West. He’s the man who created Jeet Kune Do, the hybrid fighting style that paved t ...

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Sessue Hayakawa: America’s forgotten sex symbol

December 10, 2019
by Nathan Liu

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 ...

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