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AN AMERICAN STORY: NORMAN MINETA AND HIS LEGACY

Film AN AMERICAN STORY: NORMAN MINETA AND HIS LEGACY Directed by Dianne Fukami An inspirational story of Norman Mineta's life beginning as a son of immigrants and imprisonment during WWII to…

FINDING MAURITIUS

Film FINDING MAURITIUS Directed by Sandra Carbonell-Kiamtia Sandra discovers a part of her identity through an exploration of her family’s history on a small island…

HAE HAWAIʻI

Film HAE HAWAIʻI Directed by Ty Sanga In the aftermath of Hawaiʻi's illegal overthrow, a secret group enlists a young thief to steal the Hawaiian…

JAPANESE AMERICAN LEGACY ON WHEELS

Film JAPANESE AMERICAN LEGACY ON WHEELS Directed by Mitchell Matsumura The third generation Japanese American car subculture that sprouted in the '60s, blossomed into an international craze featured…
International Documentary Feature Competition

LAST NIGHT I SAW YOU SMILING

Film LAST NIGHT I SAW YOU SMILING Directed by Kavich Neang When Phnom Penh’s landmark White Building, home to 493 families, faces demolition, director Kavich Neang records his family…
Special Presentations

LOVE BOAT: TAIWAN

Film LOVE BOAT: TAIWAN Directed by Valerie Soe LOVE BOAT: TAIWAN looks at the Taiwan Love Boat, where young Taiwanese Americans get closer to their history,…
Documentary Feature Competition

SEADRIFT

Film SEADRIFT Directed by Tim Tsai A fatal shooting in a small Texas fishing village ignites a maelstrom of hostilities against Vietnamese refugees along…

TRAILS

Film TRAILS Directed by Chris Nguyen A personal and non-linear portrait of Orange County’s Little Saigon exploring a history of war & displacement –…

WE DRANK OUR TEARS: RAFAEL MAFNAS’S STORY

Film WE DRANK OUR TEARS: RAFAEL MAFNAS’S STORY Directed by Angelo Manese, Justin Ocampo The final battles of WWII were waged on Saipan and Tinian. 933 indigenous civilians did not survive. This…