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154 DAYS
Film
154 DAYS
Directed by Hana Tong
The Congressional Gold Medal was awarded to the Chinese American Veterans of World War II in recognition of…
Anti-Asian Hate
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Documentary Features
80 YEARS LATER
Film
80 YEARS LATER
Directed by Celine Parreñas Shimizu
80 YEARS LATER explores the racial inheritance of Japanese American family incarceration during World War II through multigenerational…
A SHADOW FOLLOWING THE LIGHT IN THE LITTLE TOKYO RIVER
Film
A SHADOW FOLLOWING THE LIGHT IN THE LITTLE TOKYO RIVER
Directed by Jeff Chop
Tongva/ Kizh talk stories, tales told by Mexicans and later, Issei settlers, told again and again, the legends…
VC Presents
CLAIMING A VOICE: THE VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS STORY
Film
CLAIMING A VOICE: THE VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS STORY
Directed by Arthur Dong
Claiming A Voice: The Visual Communications Story is a one-hour documentary chronicling the twenty-year history of the first…
Anti-Asian Hate
DEAR CORKY
Film
DEAR CORKY
Directed by Curtis W Chin
For over fifty years, Corky Lee photographed New York's Chinatown, and Asian American communities around the country.
DEAR NANAY
Film
DEAR NANAY
Directed by Frances Grace Mortel
A love letter explores the filmmaker's early memories in the Philippines and her search for refuge from pandemic…
EIEN
Film
EIEN
Directed by Emily Okamoto, Krystal Matsuyama-Tsai
Informed by the Japanese internment during World War II, 永遠 Eien (meaning “forever”) explores a processing of our…
EUREKA
Film
EUREKA
Directed by Miida Chu
A young indentured Chinese prostitute must overcome her toxic dependency on the brothel madam on the eve of…
Anti-Asian Hate
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Documentary Features
FREE CHOL SOO LEE
Film
FREE CHOL SOO LEE
Directed by Julie Ha & Eugene Yi
Incorporating extensive archival footage with poignant interviews, the documentary recounts the landmark movement sparked by Chol Soo Lee’s…
FREEDOM SWIMMER
Film
FREEDOM SWIMMER
Directed by Olivia Martin-McGuire
The story of a grandfather’s perilous swim from China to Hong Kong that parallels his granddaughter’s own quest…
Anti-Asian Hate
HERE IN MANZANAR
Film
HERE IN MANZANAR
Directed by Steve Nagano
Los Manzaneros” is a loose knit group of multi-racial educators/political activists, and artists, who been connected by over…
Anti-Asian Hate
HONOR, RECOGNITION, AND RESPECT
Film
HONOR, RECOGNITION, AND RESPECT
Directed by George Wada
Armed with a 48-star American flag, a Santa Clara judge of Guamanian descent — inspired by judge Roberta…
I FEEL WITH MY HEART
Film
I FEEL WITH MY HEART
Directed by Mitch Maki
A half Mexican and half Japanese American veteran of WWII, meets the son of a Nisei veteran who…
Anti-Asian Hate
KUBOTA TO THE CHINESE POETS DETAINED ON ANGEL ISLAND
Film
KUBOTA TO THE CHINESE POETS DETAINED ON ANGEL ISLAND
Directed by Don Bannai
Hideo Kubota was a Hawaii Nisei who was arrested at the start of WWII by the FBI. He…
Anti-Asian Hate
MY CHINATOWN, WITH ALOHA
Film
MY CHINATOWN, WITH ALOHA
Directed by Kimberlee Bassford
Fourth-generation Chinese American explores her family’s relationship to Honolulu Chinatown and the parallels between the COVID-19 pandemic and…
Pacific Cinewaves
SAVING HAWAII SIGN LANGUAGE
Film
SAVING HAWAII SIGN LANGUAGE
Directed by Corinne Chin
Deaf Hawaiians once had their own language: Hawaii Sign Language (HSL). For HSL's last remaining users, it's a…
SONG OF SIBERIA
Film
SONG OF SIBERIA
Directed by Bryan Takeda
The history of Japanese Americans is as diverse as the community itself. Following their surrender at the end…
Pacific Cinewaves
TAPA: THE CLOTH THAT BINDS US
Film
TAPA: THE CLOTH THAT BINDS US
Directed by Nancy Thompson
An artistic look at one of the South Pacific Islands’ age old traditional practices of creating tapa cloth,…
Anti-Asian Hate
to peer through veils
Film
to peer through veils
Directed by Marissa Osato
An internal awakening to the shadows of history in Little Tokyo and WWII-era Bronzeville.
Documentary Features
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Special Presentations
WATERMAN
Film
WATERMAN
Directed by Isaac Halasima
Surfing legend. Olympic superstar. Hawaiian Icon. American hero.
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