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Documentary Features
Documentary Features
36 Seconds: Portrait of a Hate Crime
Film
36 Seconds: Portrait of a Hate Crime
Directed by Tarek Albaba
In less than one minute, the loss of three lives in a hate crime, leads to an unwavering…
Documentary Features
Above and Below the Ground
Film
Above and Below the Ground
Directed by Emily Hong
Indigenous women activists defend a sacred river with the power of punk rock, karaoke, and prayer.
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Gala & Showcases
Opening Night: Admissions Granted
Film
Opening Night: Admissions Granted
Directed by Hao Wu, Miao Wang
The complex, high-stakes affirmative action debate escalates to the Supreme Court polarizing the Asian American community.
Documentary Features
Ashima
Film
Ashima
Directed by Kenji Tsukamoto
For Ashima, the world’s youngest elite rock climber, there’s nowhere to go but up.
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Gala & Showcases
Centerpiece: Q
Film
Centerpiece: Q
Directed by Jude Chehab
A generational tale of the eternal search for meaning - a love story of an entirely different kind.
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EARTH SEED: A People’s Journey of Radical Hospitality
Film
EARTH SEED: A People’s Journey of Radical Hospitality
EARTH SEED is an invitation to envision and enact our collective future in a transforming world
Documentary Features
Hōkūle’a: Finding the Language of the Navigator
Film
Hōkūle’a: Finding the Language of the Navigator
Directed by Ty Sanga
The story of Hōkūle’a, a Polynesian voyaging canoe, reveals the wisdom of traditional wayfinding methods and community efforts…
Documentary Features
Home Court
Film
Home Court
Directed by Erica Tanamachi
The ascent of Ashely Chea, Cambodian American basketball prodigy and her pursuit for college.
Documentary Features
Light of the Setting Sun
Film
Light of the Setting Sun
Directed by Vicky Du
A palpable examination of a storyteller’s own truths, in Vicky Du’s case it is in her family’s silence…
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Music
Nobuko Miyamoto: A Song In Movement
Film
Nobuko Miyamoto: A Song In Movement
Directed by Quyen Nguyen-Le, Tadashi Nakamura
A picturesque retrospective of visionary artist-activist Nobuko Miyamoto and her work that changed Asian America forever.
Documentary Features
Roots and Routes: Indigenous Legacies
Program
Roots and Routes: Indigenous Legacies
What does it mean to remember? How is culture transmitted and translated generation to generation? These films highlight...
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Gala & Showcases
SF Closing: And So It Begins
Film
SF Closing: And So It Begins
Directed by Ramona Diaz
Chronicling the 2022 presidential race in the Philippines as a nation fights for its soul.
Documentary Features
Still We Rise
Film
Still We Rise
Directed by John Harvey
A cinematic tribute to an incandescent year of protest and the ongoing struggle for First Nations’ to reclaim…
Documentary Features
The Taste of Mango
Film
The Taste of Mango
Directed by Chloe Abrahams
A gorgeous layered intergenerational collage exploring memory, trauma and hope.
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