HBO Launches Short Film Contest for AAPI “Visionary” Filmmakers
Are you an emerging AAPI filmmaker? If so, then this post is for you! HBO announced today Asian Pacific American…
Tag: Independent Film
11 AAPI Student Films to Start Off Your APA Heritage Month!
This week, the Twittersphere became embroiled in discourse (through #whitewashedOUT) over mainstream Hollywood’s Whitewashing of several traditionally Asian and Asian American characters…
Rejecting the Mere Optics of Diversity: Why I Support AAPI Independent Media
2015 has been an interesting year for me. I’ve always identified as a proud fangirl – a lover and connoisseur…
“East of Hollywood”: It’s Not Easy Being an Asian American Actor When You’re Not the Asian Non-Asians Think You Are
We’ve finally entered December of 2015, and I have one end-of-the-year prediction to make: expect a deluge of year-in-review think pieces…
“She Lights Up Well”: New Independent Film Written, Directed & Starring Asian American Woman In a Story About Self-Discovery
The trailer feels like Girls meets This Is Where I Leave You. In She Lights Up Well, Sophie (played by the film’s writer and director,…
“Advantageous”: Smart, Subtle and Sorrowful Science Fiction By Women of Colour Filmmakers
“We’re looking for someone that’s a little more… universal.” This line — uttered by James Urbaniak’s character Fisher in Jennifer…
9-Man: A bad-ass 80-year-old Chinese American version of volleyball!
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YumoQVJdK4U You’ve probably never heard of Nine-Man. I know I never have. But Ursula Liang, a sports journalist turned filmmaker,…