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Anti-Asian Hate

In our effort to engage against racism and anti-Asian hate, Visual Communications and the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival presents these films that display our communities’ agency and resiliency to heal trauma and harm. We are grateful for these filmmakers in creating stories and dialogues towards impact and change.

Anti-Asian Hate, 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…
Anti-Asian Hate, Pacific Cinewaves

ALA MOANA BOYS

Film ALA MOANA BOYS Directed by Keliʻi Grace In 1930s Hawaii, five local boys accused of raping a young white woman are freed after the jury…
Anti-Asian Hate, VC Presents

AMERICA’S CONCENTRATION CAMPS, REVISITED

Special Event AMERICA’S CONCENTRATION CAMPS, REVISITED In 1970, when Bob Suzuki from the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) approached UCLA film school student and…
Anti-Asian Hate, Documentary Features

BAD AXE

Film BAD AXE Directed by David Siev This raw, slice of life documentary delivers a heart achingly beautiful story of a Cambodian-American family being tested…
Anti-Asian Hate

beautiful country

Film beautiful country Directed by Jess X. Snow In the height of pandemic, the relationship between an Asian American musician and activist deteriorates as they confront…
Anti-Asian Hate

CROSSROADS

Film CROSSROADS Directed by Sarita Khurana In the aftermath of the FedEx mass shooting in Indianapolis, the Sikh community grieves the loss of four…
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.
Anti-Asian Hate

PUTTING THEM WHERE THEY COULD DO NO HARM

Film PUTTING THEM WHERE THEY COULD DO NO HARM Directed by Steve Nagano An argument for the removal of the name "Fletcher Bowron" from a public square in Los Angeles.
Anti-Asian Hate, 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…
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…
Anti-Asian Hate

IN LIVING MEMORY

Film IN LIVING MEMORY Directed by Quyên Nguyen-Le After the closure of their mother’s nail salon at the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, a queer filmmaker…
Anti-Asian Hate

KANG BLUE

Film KANG BLUE Directed by Kyung-Ja (KJ) Lee A 4-year-old Asian girl, separated from her daddy (ER doctor), matures after experiencing COVID-related racism and trauma during…
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

MALDITAS

Film MALDITAS Directed by Bree Nieves Two Filipinx cousins meet in a cemetery and grapple with what remains of their hometown dreams, after losing…
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…
Anti-Asian Hate, Documentary Features

OMOIYARI: A SONG FILM BY KISHI BASHI

Film OMOIYARI: A SONG FILM BY KISHI BASHI Directed by Justin Smith, Kaoru Ishibashi Violinist and songwriter Kishi Bashi travels on a musical journey to understand WWII era Japanese Incarceration, assimilation, and…
Anti-Asian Hate

ON ALL FRONTS

Film ON ALL FRONTS Directed by Joua Lee Grande A Minneapolis family navigates difficult conversations about how the violence and racial reckoning of 2020-21 impacted them as…
Anti-Asian Hate, VC Presents

ONE SQUARE MILE; 10,000 VOICES

Special Event ONE SQUARE MILE; 10,000 VOICES This interactive documentary experience layers voices from Manzanar’s past and present over the physical landscape, and interweaves them…
Anti-Asian Hate

RECORDING FOR DODIE

Film RECORDING FOR DODIE Directed by Frances Rubio After fourteen months physically apart, a Filipino daughter struggling with depression finally reunites with her COVID-survivor father at…
Anti-Asian Hate

RETURNING TO HEART MOUNTAIN

Film RETURNING TO HEART MOUNTAIN Directed by Frances Ito During World War II, 12,000 Japanese immigrants and Japanese American citizens were interned at Heart Mountain, including my…
Anti-Asian Hate

SUBSCRIBE / FOLLOW

Film SUBSCRIBE / FOLLOW Directed by Faroukh Virani A social media influencer code switches his platform, but gets challenged by his peers when they find faults…
Anti-Asian Hate

THE FOURTH MARCH

Film THE FOURTH MARCH Directed by Robert Shoji Many are familiar with the three civil rights marches (collectively known as the Selma to Montgomery marches) that…
Anti-Asian Hate

THE LOOKOUT

Film THE LOOKOUT Directed by J.P. Dobrin A Cambodian American refugee experiences freedom after being behind bars for 20 years. But the potential of deportation…
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.
Anti-Asian Hate, VC Presents

WATARIDORI: BIRDS OF PASSAGE

Film WATARIDORI: BIRDS OF PASSAGE Directed by Robert Nakamura Completed in late 1975 as his Master's Thesis project from the UCLA Film School, Robert Nakamura's WATARIDORI: BIRDS…