Editor’s Note: “The Fall of the I-Hotel Postscript” originally screened at AAIFF85. It is a documentary that follows the San Francisco Filipino community’s resistance against the systemic destruction of Manilatown, including the forced eviction of 50 elde ...
‘Leading from the Front’ of Asian American Identity
The zeitgeist of Asians in the United States is defined by questions: How do we bear the sacrifices of our families who decided to stake our futures on this land? With whom do we connect as a nationality defined by the world’s ethnicities? And as we look ...
‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ and the importance of reinterpreting stories
This article contains spoilers. Every so often, Hollywood releases an all-female, or all-POC version of a classic story, like the 2016 version of “Ghostbusters” or the 2014 version of “About Last Night.” And when that happens, you can bet that there wi ...
‘Better Luck Tomorrow’: 20 Years Later
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 ...
Corky Lee’s Solo Show
A Posthumous Tribute to the Man Behind the Lens Young Kwok “Corky” Lee was a familiar face around Chinatown. No matter what the event, he was there. He documented every Asian and minority-American activist movement that few outlets – if any – covered, and ...
‘We Don’t Dance For Nothing’: How do you escape the inescapable?
An ode to the dignity of overseas Filipino workers in Hong Kong They dance to celebrate. To remember. To forget. To take up space in a world that demands they give up their individuality in exchange for a meek, submissive existence. In Stefanos Tai’s film ...
‘Therapy Dogs’ and the blind ambition of youth
“Class of 2019, you’re graduating this year. And you know what? You should know the truth. We were never really a yearbook committee. Instead, we’re gonna make our own secret movie, which you all get to see very, very soon. It’s the movie you deserve. The ...
‘Srikandi’: Where Culture, Tradition, and Self-Actualization Clash
Andrea Nirmala Widjajanto talks about her hypnotic short Written by: Patricia Kusumaningtyas In the short film “Srikandi,” directed by Indonesian director Andrea Nirmala Widjajanto, reality is not what it seems. The viewers are immersed into a world of J ...
‘The Chinatown Files’: An untold story we’ve all heard before.
Written By: Nathan Liu When you think of the “Red Scare,” what comes to mind? Is it Joseph McCarthy? Is it the Hollywood Blacklist? I’m guessing it’s not working-class Chinese immigrants and their children getting jailed, deported, and driven to suicide f ...