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Monthly Archives: May 2024
CAAMFest 2024: And So It Begins – Review and Q&A with Maria Ressa and Filmmakers
If you’ve been following me on 8Asians, you will know that I follow politics worldwide and not just in the United States. So when I came across this CAAMFest closing night film, the documentary And So It Begins, I had … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Local, Movies, Politics, San Francisco Bay Area
Tagged And So It Begins, CAAMFest, CAMMFest 2024, documentary, Maria Ressa, Philippines, Politics
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CAAMFest 2024: Smoking Tigers
I wasn’t able to see an in person screening of Smoking Tigers at CAAMFest but given the topic, I thought I would be interested in the film and thought I’d watch the screener: “Hayoung, a Korean American teenager dealing with her … Continue reading
Posted in 8mm Film Review, Entertainment, Movies
Tagged Abin Andrews, CAAM, CAAMFest, Jeong Jun-ho, Ji-young Yoo, Smoking Tigers, So Young Shelly Yo
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US Memorial Day: Remembering John Tomney, a Chinese American Soldier killed at Gettysburg
During an era when Asian Americans continue to be questioned for their loyalty and are still considered perpetual foreigners, it is worthwhile on US Memorial Day to note Asian Americans who fought and died for their country. One such Asian … Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged John Tomney, Memorial Day, US Army, US Civil War, US Memorial Day
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CAAMFest 2024: The Lyricist Wannabe – Mini-Review & Post-screening Q&A
Earlier this year, I attended a Hong Kong Economic & Trade Office – San Francisco (HKETO-SF) event in Silicon Valley and had met the director Norris Wong. I subsequently got invited to CAAMFest supported Hong Kong films, including The Lyricist … Continue reading
Posted in 8mm Film Review, 8Series, Local, San Francisco Bay Area
Tagged CAAMFest, CAAMFest 2024, Cantonese, Cantopop, Hong Kong, hong kong cinema
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The Molded Minority
In the discussions of racism and its impact in the United States, people often commonly refer to the racial relationships between White and Black Americans. In history textbooks, we study in depth the discriminatory practices and laws perpetrated by Whites … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Discrimination, Education, History, Legal, Politics
Tagged Asian American discrimination, asian american history, China, Chinese Exlusion Act, coronavirus, COVID-19, dubois, hate crime, Model Minority, racism, ron desantis, SB147, sinoiphobia, sociology, StopAAPIHate, xenophobia
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CAAMFest 2024: A Great Divide – Post Screening Q & A
I had seen A Great Divide last fall at the Silicon Valley Asian Pacific FilmFest (SVAPFF). I enjoyed the film and would at least see it again at CAAMFest if only to see director Jean Shim to say hi. As … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Local, Movies, San Francisco Bay Area
Tagged A Great Divide, CAAMFest, CAAMFest 2024, Jean Shim
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CAAMFest 2024: Light of the Setting Sun
Going into this film, I didn’t know much about Light of the Setting Sun except from the CAAMFest program description: “Candid conversations meet photographic scenes, as the details of violence begin to take shape, and we witness how deep the … Continue reading
Kanaye Nagasawa and the other Asian Americans who built California Wine Country
Asian Americans are generally not associated with California Wine Country, but they were key players in getting it established. Chinese laborers built and worked in Sonoma’s oldest winery, Buena Vista Winery, as well as planting millions of grapevines between 1856 … Continue reading
CAAMFest 2024: “Home Court” – The Basketball Journey of Ashley Chea
Director Erica Tanamachi, Producer Jenn Lee Smith, Executive Producer Diane Quon, and Writer/Editor Jean Kawahara Home Court was one of the CAAMFest 2024 films I was most excited to screen: “Ashley Chea is a Cambodian American basketball phenom. Home Court, … Continue reading
Posted in 8mm Film Review, 8Series, Local, Movies, San Francisco Bay Area, Sports
Tagged Ashley Chea, basketball, CAAMFest, CAAMFest 2024, Cambodian Americans, Princeton
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CAAMFest 2024: Opening Night and Gala with ‘Admissions Granted’
This year’s opening night film was the documentary Admissions Granted: “In the run-up to the landmark Supreme Court case pitting Asian American plaintiffs against Harvard University, controversial legal strategist Edward Blum took direct aim at dismantling affirmative action, energizing activists … Continue reading
DÌDI (弟弟) Official Trailer Released
It seemed funny that we talked about Sean Wang and his movie DÌDI (弟弟) but we never included a trailer. We can remedy that as the official trailer from Focus Features has just come out. Like the main character in … Continue reading
Posted in Local, Movies, San Francisco Bay Area
Tagged Dìdi (弟弟), Fremont, Fremont California, Izaac Wang, Joan Chen, Sean Wang
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SF Film Festival Talk: Filmmaking Bay Area and “Dìdi (弟弟)” – with Sean Wang
One of the things I love about film festivals is that you can learn more about the film or filmmaker, usually during a post-screening Q&A. With the SF Film Festival, they also had talks with the filmmaker separate from the … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Local, Movies, San Francisco Bay Area
Tagged Dìdi, Dìdi (弟弟), Sean Wang, SF Film Festival
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