Celebrate the diverse Asian experience, cultural identity, and connections to the past.
PARALLEL ADELE
Director: Adele Pham | 16 min | Video | 2008
Two half-Vietnamese filmmakers, both named Adele, discover their parallel journeys with other “hapas” who share the growing mixed-race experience.
BE AWARE
Director: Joe Kamimura | 4 min | Video | 2008
A man embarks upon a mysterious adventure that ends in self-reflection.
MOTHER DAUGHTER
Director: Ileana Chan | 15 min | Video | 2008
An unexpected inheritance leads a young Chinese American woman to uncover her mother’s past, leading to questions about her own life and relationships.
I WANT TO BE A DESI 2
Director: Allan Tong | 6 min | Video | 2009
Being Desi—a South Asian immigrant or descendant—requires a bit more than bhangra and spicy curry.
YELLOW BROTHERHOOD
Director: Tadashi Nakamura | 18 min | Video | 2004
The inspiring story of the “Yellow Brotherhood,” an Asian American community group formed around a basketball team in the 1960s, and how the sons of YB are affected 30 years later.
WELCOME TO MY LIFE
Director: Elizabeth Ito | 5 min | Video | 2008
An animated story about a family of monsters struggling to be accepted in America.
HALF KENNETH
Director: Ken Ochiai | 22 min | Video | 2008
1945: after the death of their father, Ken and Jo escape Japanese American internment camp to find their Caucasian mother, but discover something neither of them could have anticipated.