Tag Archives: Asian

LAAPFF 2013: Mix-cultural Asians Find Their Roots

Posted on May 20, 2013 by Shako Liu

EDITORS NOTE from Joz: 8Asians is proud to be a community co-presenter of various films at the 2013 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, presented by Visual Communications. One common theme that has been echoing in some of the documentaries … Continue reading →

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Gays In Asia Hidden In A “Perfect” Marriage: ‘Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?’ at LAAPFF 2013

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Shako Liu

EDITORS NOTE from Joz: 8Asians is proud to be a community co-presenter of various films at the 2013 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, presented by Visual Communications. http://youtu.be/9eMIEViDfd0 Among the many heavy topics in the films of the Los … Continue reading →

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Fear and Loathing in Indonesia: The “Innoncence of Muslims” Edition

Posted on September 26, 2012 by JohnnyC

“I’m American, and I’m sorry” is my usual way of introducing myself to people when they hear my accent and get puzzled by its New England droll with Southerner slang coming from an Asian face. This was how I have … Continue reading →

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Toronto Reel Asian Film Festival: Capsule Reviews, Part 1

Posted on November 5, 2011 by Xxxtine

The 15th Anniversary of the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival opens its doors this coming Tuesday, November 8th to 12th in downtown Toronto, followed by 4 special screenings in Richmond Hill November 18th to 19th. Voted one of Toronto’s … Continue reading →

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Happy 65th Birthday To Farrokh Bulsara AKA Freddie Mercury!

Posted on September 5, 2011 by Edward

As a huge fan of Queen, I felt it was important to wish a happy birthday to one of the greatest rock stars and greatest voices of all time, Freddie Mercury. But did you know his real name is Farrokh … Continue reading →

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Snow Flower and the Secret Fan Review

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Edward

When I first saw the trailer for Snow Flower and The Secret Fan, I had horrifying fears that this film would be Joy Luck Club 2: Asian Women Being Oppressed by Asian Culture (Again) since it was also directed by Wayne … Continue reading →

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Does K-Town’s Scarlet Chan Look Korean?

Posted on December 16, 2010 by Ben

I don’t usually pay attention to reality shows so when it flashed across my Facebook that Scarlet Chan had written something, I thought, “Hey, neato. Let me comment, even though she’ll never read it.” “I don’t look Korean at all… … Continue reading →

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Asian Beatboxing: Daichi & Hikakin

Posted on June 29, 2010 by Ben

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B74s4MgQ1rw I am amazed at how people could even attempt to make the sounds they do through beatboxing. But just as Asians have started to dominate the bboy scene, it seems that they are starting to go crazy also with … Continue reading →

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Kim Jong Il Loves Women, Doesn’t “Violence Women Domestically (or internationally)”

Posted on January 19, 2010 by jozjozjoz

If you’ve been on Facebook in the last couple of months, then you might have been inundated with requests to vote in Chase’s Community Giving Facebook Campaign. With financial resources drying up for many organizations, this campaign has been a … Continue reading →

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The Restaurant That Serves Penis

Posted on December 22, 2009 by Koji Steven Sakai

With the holidays comes eating, especially if you’re Asian. We eat to celebrate the good times, the bad times, and everything in between. The holiday season is no different — with all this eating, I thought about a producer/reporter friend … Continue reading →

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WTF: How To Master Asian Beauty Secrets

Posted on December 21, 2009 by Moye

Hey, readers! Are you not Asian? Have you always wondering why Asians look so beautiful? Well, today is your lucky day, because this video tutorial is going to teach you all of our ancient cultural secrets on maintaining youthful skin … Continue reading →

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