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A Hurt Like Mine

Film A Hurt Like Mine Directed by Kahea Kiwaha A young boy, haunted by a child-like apparition, struggles to support his mom and baby sister as they…
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BETWEEN GOODBYES

Film BETWEEN GOODBYES Directed by Jota Mun When a queer Korean adoptee visits her original mother in Seoul, long-held regrets and cultural misunderstandings come to…

Empathy

Film Empathy Directed by Ty Sanga After one young man’s choices lead him to years of incarceration, Tien Nguyen discovers meditation to confront his…

Gaku: One Last Round

Film Gaku: One Last Round Directed by Taige Shi Gaku Takahashi, a veteran professional Japanese boxer, is fighting to get back into the ring after a horrendous…

Girls Move Mountains

Film Girls Move Mountains Directed by Anna Huix Girls Move Mountains is a short documentary about young girls who use soccer as a catalyst for gender…

Grandpa’s Beef Stew

Film Grandpa’s Beef Stew Directed by HaiTao Wu Grandpa's Beef Stew follows a young protagonist's emotional journey as he grapples with his grandfather's Alzheimer's, uncovering the…
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GRASSROOTS RISING

Film GRASSROOTS RISING Directed by Robert C. Winn GRASSROOTS RISING, directed by Robert C. Winn, explores the re-emergence of Asian Pacific American labor activism in Los…
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MAKING WAVES: THE RISE OF ASIAN AMERICA

Film MAKING WAVES: THE RISE OF ASIAN AMERICA Directed by Jon Osaki, Josh Chuck Making Waves documents stories of Asian American activism and efforts to lift-up ethnic studies as a strategy to…
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MANZANAR

Film MANZANAR Directed by Robert A. Nakamura Created by Robert Nakamura as a graduate student in UCLA’s Ethnocommunications Program, Manzanar is a lyrical and pensive…

My Comrade

Film My Comrade Directed by Tathagata Ghosh When a wounded rebel accidentally takes refuge in the home of a tribal villager, both the men's lives…

Out of the Dust

Film Out of the Dust Directed by Brian Staufenbiel, Yayoi Kambara Dance film about World War II Japanese American Incarceration told through ghosts who come to life through poetry.

Portraits of a Young Girl

Film Portraits of a Young Girl Directed by Betty Chen Portraits of a Young Girl is a quietly radical animated short by Betty Chen that transforms intimate sketches…

PREY AND PRAYERS

Film PREY AND PRAYERS Directed by Langui Madiklaan Indigenous young man follows his father on a hunting trip. Despite his excitement, the mountains do not seem…

Sleepwalker

Film Sleepwalker Directed by Laura Ho Fineman A poetic and surreal journey through 1970s Los Angeles, Sleepwalker follows an Asian woman’s silent drift through city streets, evoking…

THE PUGWOOLY SHOW: BRONZEVILLE LITTLE TOKYO

Film THE PUGWOOLY SHOW: BRONZEVILLE LITTLE TOKYO Directed by Carey Louis Westbrook, Maya Garcia-Luis Bronzeville Foundational Black American culture comes to life in this Little Tokyo drawing lesson of jazz, hip-hop, kawaii…
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VOICES OF DEOLI

Film VOICES OF DEOLI Directed by Lulu Men Voices of Deoli is a poignant documentary that follows the lives of survivors of the Deoli internment camp,…
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WHERE THE LIGHT ENTERS YOU

Film WHERE THE LIGHT ENTERS YOU Directed by Hemal Trivedi, Matt Alesevich In the wake of personal loss, an unexpected sisterhood unites an ambitious New York med student with a…