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CAAMFest2017

Special Presentations

Celebrating CAAMFest’s 35th anniversary, this year’s Special Presentations feature a diverse and timely lineup of local and international spotlights, interactive works, anniversary screenings, a Pacific Islander showcase, community screenings and poignant documentaries on the legacy of Japanese American Internment.

  1. Shoes I Walk In

    Jimmy Zhang / Special Presentations
    Two youth from the Southeast parts of San Francisco’s —a fourth grader grows up in an unstable household and a senior in high school thrives from the legacy of her grandma, a long time resident of Bayview Hunter’s Point. Through their grandmother’s legacies’ and ultimately distant blessings, two San Francisco youth walk confidently in their soles.
    Plays In:
    Cinematic SF

    Alamo Drafthouse
    March 13, 2017 6:30 pm At Rush

  2. Sunday Dinner

    Casey Beck / Special Presentations, Shorts / USA / 2016
    Kwok Wai Chan (Willie) has cultivated a ritual out of making Sunday dinner, from early morning tea to shopping in Chinatown to the intricacies and timing of elaborately cooking the food from his childhood, sustaining a weekly tradition that now spans the generations.

    Precedes: Eat Chinatown

    Precedes:
    Eat Chinatown

    41 Ross
    March 11, 2017 7:00 pm Free

  3. Untitled Thao Nguyen Documentary

    Todd Stan Krolczyk / Special Presentations, Directions in Sound / USA, Vietnam / 2017 / 27 mins
    SF-based indie singer-songwriter Thao Nguyen journeys back to Vietnam to explore her homeland and reconnect with her mother. Todd Stan Krolczyk travels with Nguyen, capturing her happiness with success in the US and sorrow being away from family.

  4. Visions in the Dark: The Life of Pinky Thompson

    Ty Sanga / Special Presentations / USA / 2014 / Documentary / 86 mins
    Visionary figure Pinky Thompson led the fight for education and healthcare reform for Native Hawaiians. Guiding his people through the dark waters of racism, poverty and institutional neglect, Thompson’s life story reveals a much broader portrait of the rediscovery of Native Hawaiian culture and heritage.

    Preceded by: Ku Kanaka/Stand Tall

    Visions in the Dark: The Life of Pinky Thompson

    New People Cinema
    March 19, 2017 5:40 pm Buy Tickets Buy Tickets

  5. When Rabbit Left The Moon

    Emiko Omori / Special Presentations / USA / 2016 / 14 mins
    Omori pays homage to the generation of her parents.

    Precedes: Relocation, Arkansas — Aftermath of Incarceration

    Precedes:
    Relocation, Arkansas — Aftermath of Incarceration

    New People Cinema
    March 18, 2017 7:00 pm At Rush

  6. Who Killed Vincent Chin?

    Christine Choy & Renee Tajima-Peña / Special Presentations / USA / 1987 / Documentary / 87 mins
    In 1982, Vincent Chin was beaten to death with a baseball bat by two white men in Detroit. Chin’s killers were convicted, but never served a day in prison for their crime. Thirty-five years later, we revisit this Academy Award-nominated documentary that explored the impact of his death and flaws in the justice system in the wake of the outcry from the Asian American community.
    Who Killed Vincent Chin?

    Gray Area
    March 11, 2017 1:00 pm Buy Tickets Buy Tickets

  7. Yellow

    Chris Chan Lee / Special Presentations / USA / 1998 / 90 mins
    A normal evening turns into a wild and desperate scavenger hunt for eight high school friends in the coming of age dramedy, YELLOW. When the group rallies to help a friend who was robbed, the lines between adolescent and adult are blurred in this 1998 classic. Starring John Cho in his early career, the film celebrates its 20th anniversary this year.
    Yellow

    Roxie Theater
    March 12, 2017 9:40 pm Buy Tickets Buy Tickets