June 2009

AAIFF Exec Producer Liliana Chen - Behind the Festival & Trailers

published by ANBM on Sun, 06/28/2009 - 01:36

Picture from Hyphen Cinevision - Back in April Asian CineVision announced Liliana Chen of eLcie Media Services as its new Executive Producer of this year's Asian American International Film Festival. Ms. Chen's active involvement with the non-profit community, along with a strong record of bringing Asian and Asian-American projects into the spotlight of mainstream media make her the ideal partner for the festival, now in its 32nd consecutive year

"Liliana's been such an avid supporter of our organization and the film festival over the last 10 years through a myriad of ways that have really helped ACV to grow whether it was through fundraising or organizing events," said Festival Manager, Irene Cifra. "It's exciting that we can work together in a greater capacity and realize the potential of a full partnership."

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Far East Movement - Dance Like Michael Jackson

published by ANBM on Sat, 06/27/2009 - 17:31

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Untold Civil Rights Stories - First & New Book on Asian American Struggles

published by ANBM on Fri, 06/26/2009 - 22:43

Xinhua News - The newly published textbook spotlights the often-unsung role of Asian Americans in U.S. civil rights history, one of the authors says.

"Untold Civil Rights Stories: Asian Americans Speak Out for Justice," published Wednesday, was a joint effort of the Asian Pacific American Legal Center and the Asian American Studies Center at the University of California, Los Angeles.

The textbook is the first that focuses on the role of Asian Americans in the civil rights and social justice struggles, before and after 9-11.

Profiled in the book, among others, are Philip Vera Cruz, Lily Chin, the Ileto family, Beulah Kwoh, K.W. Lee, Fred Korematsu, Faustino Baclig, and Amric Singh Rathour.

The textbook was edited by Stewart Kwoh, APALC's president and executive director, and Russell C. Leong, an Asian American studies professor at UCLA.

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Ward Connerly: UC admission plan allows discrimination

published by ANBM on Fri, 06/26/2009 - 17:44

Sacramento Bee - I was having a conversation with a high-ranking UC administrator about a proposal he was developing to increase "diversity" at UC within the dictates of California's Constitution and the prohibition against race, gender and ethnic preferences.

I asked him why he considered it important to tinker with admissions instead of just letting the chips fall where they may. In an unguarded moment, he told me that unless the university took steps to "guide" admissions decisions, UC would be dominated by Asians. When I asked, "What would be wrong with that?" I got an answer that speaks volumes about the underlying philosophy at many universities with regard to Asian enrollment.

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Sam Yoon Receives Backing of Mayor Sukhee Kang

published by ANBM on Fri, 06/26/2009 - 14:25

Asianweek.com - Sam Yoon Receives Backing of Mayor Sukhee Kang

Boston - Boston City Councilor-at-Large and mayoral candidate Sam Yoon received the endorsement today of Sukhee Kang, the Korean-American Mayor of Irvine, California.

Kang, who was elected mayor in 2008 with the strong support of the Korean community, urged fellow Korean and Asian Americans to help Yoon in his bid for mayor of Boston this year. Yoon became the first Asian American to hold elected office in Boston when he won a citywide seat on the Boston City Council in 2005. If elected mayor, he would become one of the highest-ranking Asian-American elected officials in the United States.

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AAIFF Film Line released

published by ANBM on Fri, 06/26/2009 - 12:11

Here is what you've been waiting for Asian CineVision (ACV) announced the full lineup of feature films selected to screen at the 32nd Asian American International Film Festival (AAIFF) during a fundraising event last night at BLVD. The event was hosted by Julie Chang, entertainment reporter for FOX5 NY, and attended by City Councilman John Liu, who greeted attendees with his statement of support. The festival will showcase 14 feature films and 50 short films during the weekend of July 23 - 26, 2009.

“We are very happy to be moving downtown to the Clearview Chelsea Cinemas, where we will be screening the majority of our feature films,” said Acting Executive Director of ACV John Woo. “A limited number of screenings will also be held across the street at the brand new School of Visual Arts Theater while our short films will be screened at the new Museum of Chinese in America building, designed by the legendary Maya Lin.”

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Aratani/Japan America Theatre - Upcoming Screenings

published by ANBM on Wed, 06/24/2009 - 23:36

JACCC.ORG - June 26, 2009, 7:30pm

FREE Outdoor screening on the JACCC Plaza!

The JACCC and Visual Communications present:

Defending the universe for the last half a

century: A triple screening of our favorite robots

Astro Boy, Gigantor and Voltron!

LIVE SOUNDTRACK REMIX of VOLTRON by

DJ's Rani D, Akaider, and Refine!

Door prizes! Bring a blanket!

*Franken's Vegan Hot Dogs

*All American Softy | Coffee & Pretzels

*Sushi Poppers

ASTRO BOY (1963) English version

The mother Japanese animation, Astro Boy was the first anime series to be broadcast on TV in Japan. The story follows the adventures of a heroic robot named Astro Boy which originated from the manga of the same name, created by legendary Tezuka Osamu. [CLIP]

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One of the dumbest things you can do is pay to be insulted

published by devinmei on Wed, 06/24/2009 - 22:29

One of the dumbest things you can do is pay to be insulted, yet many Asians and Asian Americans do it on a regular basis. Both Asians and Asian Americans indiscriminately pay to see movies. Movies that constantly depict them in stereotypical roles, martial arts masters, accented untrustworthy foreigners, sneaky dragon ladies, terrorists, or evil gangsters, exotic, submissive sex objects, asexual, or chauvinistic Asian men and Asian women who exclusively date White/Black men (as depicted in media), or who are oppressed.

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Asian American International Film Festival Kick-off and Fundraiser Event

published by ANBM on Tue, 06/23/2009 - 15:52

What are you doing Tonight? check it out!

Asian CineVision will holding the Asian American International Film Festival Kick-off and Fundraiser event on Tuesday, June 23, at BLVD, 199 Bowery. The Festival’s full film lineup, including special presentations, will be unveiled as part of the festivities. The event will be hosted by FOX5 News Reporter Julie Chang and will feature musical performances by Heather Park and other special guests. The main event, from 7:00-9:00 p.m., will be preceded by a V.I.P. Hour.

Proceeds from ticket sales will go towards supporting this year’s film festival, to be held July 23-26. So if you really want to get into the exciting film festival action, support the AAIFF and the Asian American film industry and also meet some great people, come along!

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Meeting Phoebe Eng, Social Activist & author of Warrior Lessons

published by ANBM on Mon, 06/22/2009 - 18:24

VisualizAsian.com - Continuing with our AAPI Empowerment Series at visualizAsian.com, our next guest is Phoebe Eng, author of "Warrior Lessons: An Asian American Woman's Journey into Power," Vice Chair for the Ms. Foundation for Women and head of Creative Counsel, an organization that connects artists and entertainers with social causes.

LIVE INTERVIEW IS ON TUESDAY, JUNE 23 at 6 PM PDT (9 PM EDT) on VisualizAsian.com, Register here