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140 LBS: HOW BEAUTY KILLED MY MOTHER

Special Event 140 LBS: HOW BEAUTY KILLED MY MOTHER Award-winning playwright and activist Susan Lieu brings to light the tragic story of her mother’s unexpected death. Sifting…
New Directions

A CONVERSATION WITH ARTIST AND FILMMAKER TINA TAKEMOTO

Special Event A CONVERSATION WITH ARTIST AND FILMMAKER TINA TAKEMOTO Join us for a lively conversation with award-winning Artist/Filmmaker, Tina Takemoto. With two films (SWORDED LOVE and WAYWARD…
Special Presentations

A CONVERSATION WITH NICHOLE BLOOM FROM SUPERSTORE

Special Event A CONVERSATION WITH NICHOLE BLOOM FROM SUPERSTORE The Center for Asian American Media (CAAM), in partnership with NBCUniversal, present “A Conversation with Nichole Bloom from…
Special Presentations

AAM: VALERIE SOE AND KRISTINA WONG EVENT

Special Event AAM: VALERIE SOE AND KRISTINA WONG EVENT A mélange of Valerie Soe’s groundbreaking feminist short films, along with special guest, comedian, and performance artist, Kristina…
Shorts

ALTERED STATES SHORTS

Program ALTERED STATES SHORTS All seems well and good then you realize a creepy man-sized bunny is staring at you. What do…
Documentaries

ALTERNATIVE FACTS: THE LIES OF EXECUTIVE ORDER 9066

Film ALTERNATIVE FACTS: THE LIES OF EXECUTIVE ORDER 9066 ALTERNATIVE FACTS highlights the racism and political maneuvering behind Executive Order 9066 that led to the World War…
COMCAST Narratives

BABYSPLITTERS

Film BABYSPLITTERS BABYSPLITTERS takes the sharing economy to its conceptual extreme - literally. Danny Pudi and Emily Chang undergo hilarious…
Documentaries

BEI BEI

Film BEI BEI Inside the criminal defense of Bei Bei Shuai, an Indiana resident charged with murder after attempting suicide while…
Special Presentations

BLINDED BY THE LIGHT

Film BLINDED BY THE LIGHT From writer/director/producer Gurinder Chadha (“Bend It Like Beckham”) comes the inspirational drama “Blinded by the Light,” set to…
Galas

CHINATOWN RISING

Film CHINATOWN RISING CHINATOWN RISING, directed by Bay Area natives Harry and Josh Chuck, is a love letter to San Francisco’s…
COMCAST Narratives

DEMOLITION GIRL

Film DEMOLITION GIRL A high school girl supports her unemployed family in an unusual way — as a performer in fetish…
New Directions

DIRECTIONS IN SOUND

Special Event DIRECTIONS IN SOUND From hip-hop to future beats, indie rock and global rhythms, Directions in Sound is CAAMFest’s premier music showcase…