Monthly Archives: March 2013

CAAMFest 2013: Xmas Without China

Posted on March 29, 2013 by John

I think I first heard of this Xmas Without China documentary project via Kickstarter. The feature documentary takes place right before December of some recent year around the Christmas holiday in Arcadia, California, a neighborhood that used to be predominantly … Continue reading →

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Quentin Lee’s Documentary Short ‘A Woman on Canyon Sam’ on YouTube

Posted on March 28, 2013 by jozjozjoz

“A Woman Named Canyon Sam” is a testament to a woman who passionately committed herself to social change from a young age, chronicling her first coming out as a young Asian American lesbian in the seventies — one of the … Continue reading →

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CAAMFest 2013: Seeking Asian Female documentary

Posted on March 27, 2013 by John

I finally got to see Seeking Asian Female, the documentary film by San Francisco Bay Area-based director Debbie Lum. The film had debuted at South by South West (SXSW) last year and review by a fellow 8asians blogger Dino and … Continue reading →

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Rant: Film Festivals, Ethnic Studies, Political Correctness, and Race

Posted on March 26, 2013 by Koji Steven Sakai

I consider myself a professional Asian American, which means that I work in the “community.” There are positives and negatives that come with being a professional Asian American. The biggest negative is that people tend to rant at me about … Continue reading →

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NAAS: Asian American Support for Immigration Reform

Posted on March 25, 2013 by John

One of the reasons why President Obama was able to get re-elected in November was his stance on immigration reform, and certainly the Republican Party learned its lessons as the Hispanic vote overwhelmingly supported Obama with over 71% of the … Continue reading →

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Trailer for ‘Boystown’ Web Series: Episode “Gaysian”

Posted on March 23, 2013 by jozjozjoz

Boystown is the working title for a proposed web series about 3 gay men, with the lead character being an Asian Canadian. The three lead actors are Richard Lee, Adamo Ruggiero, and Ben Lewis and the footage is from a … Continue reading →

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CAAMFest 2013: High Tech, Low Life

Posted on March 22, 2013 by John

After catching the fantastic LINSANITY documentary film during the kickoff of CAAMFest 2013, I caught the two films Comrade Kim Goes Flying and High Tech, Low Life on Saturday night.

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Asian America in 2013: Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? Part 4: Cosmos, Chronos, and Telos

Posted on March 21, 2013 by JohnnyC

[pullquote]I know people, I know towns, farms, hills and rivers and rocks, I know how the sun at sunset in autumn falls on the side of a certain plowland in the hills; but what is the sense of giving a … Continue reading →

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CAAMFest 2013: Comrade Kim Goes Flying

Posted on March 21, 2013 by John

After catching the fantastic LINSANITY documentary film during the kickoff of CAAMFest 2013, I caught the two films Comrade Kim Goes Flying on Saturday night.

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Bullying and Teen Suicide in South Korea

Posted on March 21, 2013 by Mihee

From Time: “A 15-year-old high schooler, only identified by his surname Choi, jumped out of his apartment home in the southeastern city of Gyeongsan last Monday after being bullied for roughly two years. His death — the second youth suicide … Continue reading →

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Asian America in 2013: Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? Part 3: All Boundaries Are Conventions

Posted on March 20, 2013 by JohnnyC

[pullquote]Many cultural identities are not discernible from appearance. Because all of us belong to many different groups, choosing generalizations linked to one apparent identity as a basis for relating is presumptuous. We know that cultural influences are variously salient in … Continue reading →

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New York City Comptroller John Liu Annouces Bid for Mayor

Posted on March 20, 2013 by John

New York City comptroller John Liu announced recently that he is running for mayor, which is not a surprise, since he has always seemed to have openly expressed his ambitions for higher office. As the first Asian American to be … Continue reading →

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