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Ali Wong Doesn’t Care If People Think She is Very Bad and No Good
Don’t ask Ali Wong what it’s like to be an Asian American woman in Hollywood. “I don’t know, you tell me! What’s your experience?” she joked with a roomful of core CAAM supporters during an intimate...
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Director Alice Wu and Actor Leah Lewis on the Whole Story of Making “The Half...
In the small town of Squahamish, Washington, introverted high schooler Ellie Chu is approached by the not-so-bright school jock, Paul Munsky, to write a love letter for a girl he has a crush on. Little...
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Bao Nguyen Shows the Potential of Story Through Films
Growing up, Bao Nguyen didn’t always think he would become a filmmaker. He was on the path toward becoming a lawyer. “I did everything I thought I needed to do to become this perfect lawyer, preparing...
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The Ongoing Legacy of Anna May Wong: Hollywood’s First Asian American Star
Anna May Wong was best known as the first Asian American actor to work in Hollywood. From silent films to talkies, from the stage to television, she could do it all and she did, all while navigating...
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Vote For Drama Del Rosario’s “In This Family” During the PBS Short Film...
“The documentary films I make are just in the matter of things that just happen in my life that I feel like other people can benefit from or other people can relate to and I just make a story out of...
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Nothing Will Stop Justin Chon From Telling Asian American Stories
Justin Chon doesn’t believe in downtime. He starred in Wayne Wang’s 2019 film Coming Home Again (a CAAM production), and also in 2019 he released a film he directed and co-wrote, Ms. Purple, which won...
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It’s Beginning to Look a Little More Asian American in Holiday Romantic Comedies
Love them or hate them, holiday rom-coms are a beloved pastime for many Americans come December. The genre provides temporary solace from the stresses of winter and a chance to fully embrace the...
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In Minari, Yuh-Jung Youn Shows Us America Through the Eyes of a Korean Elder
“Grandma smells like Korea!” seven-year-old David Yi (Alan Kim) complains in the film, Minari, released on February 12. Set in the hardscrabble Ozarks of the late 1970s, the story of the immigrant Yi...
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Dante Basco Looks Back and Forward at His Career in Storytelling
Thirty years ago, Dante Basco bangarang-ed his way onscreen as Rufio, the leader of the Lost Boys in the movie Hook. His career has spanned three and a half decades, and several of the projects he has...
View ArticleDante Basco Reflects on His Experience with ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ as...
When actor and filmmaker Dante Basco was featured as part of CAAM’s Storytellers series in 2021, he teased a new podcast on the horizon. While he didn’t reveal what it was about at the time, a few...
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