Category Archives: Movies

Hot Docs: Canadian International Documentary Festival April 25-May 5

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Xxxtine

Hot Docs, North America’s largest International Documentary Festival opens its doors April 25th – May 5. Held in Toronto each year, the festival buzzes with filmmakers and industry agents sharing their untold stories and bringing issues to light for all … Continue reading →

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CAAMFest 2013: Go Grandriders & the Final Thoughts on CAAMFest

Posted on April 8, 2013 by John

CAAMFest long conclude over a week ago, but I finally got around to seeing my last DVD screener for the Taiwanese documentary Go Grandriders:

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Why Roger Ebert is One of My Asian American Heroes

Posted on April 4, 2013 by jozjozjoz

I don’t think you need to be biologically of Asian-descent (or American, for that matter) to be an Asian American hero. Roger Ebert is one of my Asian American heroes, because he helped change the face of Asian American film … Continue reading →

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CAAMFest 2013: Dead Dad

Posted on April 4, 2013 by John

Dead Dad (“The pefect goodbye doesn’t exist.”), directed by (as well as co-written by)  Ken Adachi, was another film that I saw a DVD screener for after CAAMFest was over – one of many films I would have liked to … Continue reading →

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Inspirations for My Film: White Rabbit

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Guest Writer

EDITOR’S NOTE: White Rabbit is a senior thesis film written and directed by Christina Yoon at NYU Tisch School of the Arts –Joz By Christina Yoon Grace, a lonely 13-year-old aspiring journalist, discovers that a fellow classmate is murdering rabbits … Continue reading →

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CAMFest 2013: Someone I Used to Know

Posted on April 3, 2013 by John

CAAMFest 2013 has since finished, but I’ve been watching a few films via DVD screeners, since it’s been a challenge to make it up to San Francisco to see all the screenings live. The other night, I watched Someone I … Continue reading →

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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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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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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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LINSANITY, the Documentary Kicks Off CAAMFest 2013 & the Opening Night Gala at the Asian Art Museum in SF

Posted on March 18, 2013 by John

This past Thursday, I had the honor and pleasure attending the premiere of LINSANITY, the documentary film, about Jeremy Lin that helped kickoff CAAMFest – the Center for Asian American Media Festival (“Film. Music. Food.”), formerly known as the San … Continue reading →

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