Category Archives: Movies

PBS’s Independent Lens Presents ‘Jiro Dreams of Sushi’ Available Online for Free

Posted on January 13, 2014 by John

At 8Asians, we’ve reviewed the highly acclaimed documentary back in March of 2012, ‘Jiro Dreams of Sushi,’ but I only recently caught the film when I noticed on Facebook that the documentary was going to be airing as part of … Continue reading →

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8$: Short Film ‘For The Love Of Unicorns’

Posted on January 12, 2014 by jozjozjoz

8$ is a series which occasionally highlights interesting crowdfunding projects. Every day, the 8Asians team is inundated by many worthy pitches. We are unable to highlight every one that comes our way, or even the ones we might individually support. … Continue reading →

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Tiger Parent Worship in HBO’s ‘State of Play: Trophy Kids’

Posted on January 8, 2014 by Jeff

“If she’s crying that’s good, because I’m going to make her tough.” – Andre Avery, after making his daughter cry with his criticism her golf play In a documentary full of disturbing parental behavior, one thing that particularly disturbs me … Continue reading →

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One Ticket to the Asian Ghetto, Please

Posted on December 31, 2013 by Guest Writer

By Theresa Chiu A particularly jaded producer once described making an Asian American movie to me as resigning yourself to the Asian ghetto. He cautioned that it was a waste of time and more work than it was worth. Though … Continue reading →

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8$: Jazz, Cancer, and Life: Fred Ho’s Last Year

Posted on December 30, 2013 by jozjozjoz

8$ is a series which occasionally highlights interesting crowdfunding projects. Every day, the 8Asians team is inundated by many worthy pitches. We are unable to highlight every one that comes our way, or even the ones we might individually support. … Continue reading →

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8$: Under the American Sun – Camp Roxas Film Project

Posted on December 15, 2013 by jozjozjoz

8$ is a series which occasionally highlights interesting crowdfunding projects. Every day, the 8Asians team is inundated by many worthy pitches. We are unable to highlight every one that comes our way, or even the ones we might individually support. … Continue reading →

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LINSANITY Available for DVD Pre-Order for January 7, 2014

Posted on December 13, 2013 by John

If you haven’t caught the documentary film LINSANITY about NBA basketball player Jeremy Lin, you can pre-order the DVD now on Amazon.com, with the DVD being released on January 7th, 2014. Otherwise, the documentary is also available via digital download … Continue reading →

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8$: ‘Talk To Her,’ Short Film by Leon Le

Posted on November 24, 2013 by jozjozjoz

8$ is a series which occasionally highlights interesting crowdfunding projects. Every day, the 8Asians team is inundated by many worthy pitches. We are unable to highlight every one that comes our way, or even the ones we might individually support. … Continue reading →

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How My Brother and I Reinforced Asian Stereotypes

Posted on November 19, 2013 by tinabot

Last spring, I went on a trip to North Cali to research for my book series about Chinese in the American Old West. For fun, my brother and I did a fight video with a filmmaker friend of ours iMakeDumbFilms, … Continue reading →

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Anime Review: Silver Spoon

Posted on November 2, 2013 by tinabot

The creator of the wildly popular manga and anime Full Metal Alchemist, author Hiromu Arakawa, recently released a new highly anticipated series called Silver Spoon. It could not be more different from his previous successful anime. Full Metal Alchemist is … Continue reading →

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Anime Review: Blue Exorcist

Posted on October 26, 2013 by tinabot

Sometimes Euro-centric anime can get pretty annoying to me, since I generally am not a fan of European art, architecture, or designs. Plus, Asian Europhilia unfortunately smells too much like rotting colonial imperialism leftovers. So when I see an anime … Continue reading →

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Totally Biased: Kevin Kataoka: Asian Evasion

Posted on October 22, 2013 by jozjozjoz

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDLrMLFbl2U Here’s a topic we’ve never covered at 8Asians before: movies with Asian subject matter – that never star an Asian. Oh wait, my bad, we cover it all the time. Anyway, another good take on this never-ending topic, from … Continue reading →

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