Spotlight Conversation: Filmmaker Alice Wu

Every year, CAAM is honored to celebrate someone who has made an indelible mark in the media landscape. Previous Spotlights include Wayne Wang, Gurinder Chandha, James Shigeta, Anna May Wong, Pei-Pei Cheng and in 2019, Deanne Borshay Liem and Valerie Soe. This May, we are proud to honor CAAMFest alum and master filmmaker, Alice Wu.

Award Winning Filmmaker Alice Wu (SAVING FACE, CAAMFest 2005 Opening Night Film) is about to release her new Asian American narrative feature, The Half of It (Winner of U.S. Feature Narrative competition at Tribeca 2020) on Netflix. Join us as CAAMFest Festival Director, Masashi Niwano talks to Wu about her career and learns more about her new film. Before the screening, we will be hosting a watch party in partnership with Netflix.

Co-presented by The Queer Paulettes and APIENC (API Equality Northern California).