Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) Popular Movie

Kapwa, a Filipino term that means "togetherness" or "neighbor", is a recognition of a shared identity; an inner self that is shared with others. WHO...

genus: Documentary

cast: Jenah Maravilla

In a universe where cool kids are nerds, the orchestra is world class and being Asian American is the norm, seniors at Lowell High School compete for...

genus: Documentary

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On June 3, 1973, a man was murdered in a busy intersection of San Francisco’s Chinatown as part of an ongoing gang war. Chol Soo Lee, a...

genus: Documentary

cast: Chol Soo Lee

Filipino-American high school student Ben (Dante Basco) works in a comic book shop to earn money to pay his way into Cal Arts. His father, a postman,...

genus: Drama

cast: Dante Basco

Amidst the traditional pomp and circumstance of Filipino elections, a quirky people’s movement rises to defend the nation against deepening...

genus: Documentary

cast: Maria Ressa

Finding love is never easy. For Ravi Patel, a first generation Indian-American, the odds are slim. His ideal bride is beautiful, smart, funny,...

genus: Romance

cast: Ravi Patel

In the face of AAPI violence, an intergenerational coalition of Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian, People of Color organizers come together to...

genus: Documentary

cast: Johanna Fernández

When Jennifer Laude, a Filipina trans woman, is brutally murdered by a U.S. Marine, three women intimately invested in the case--an activist...

genus: Documentary

cast: Naomi Fontanos

Cambodian refugee Ted Ngoy builds a multi-million dollar empire by baking America's favourite pastry: the doughnut.

genus: Documentary

cast: Chuong Pek Lee

An unsettling and eye opening exploration into the spread of the radical Islamic school Red Mosque, which trains legions of children to devote their...

genus: Documentary

cast: Abdul Aziz

With sharp humor and a critical sense of curiosity, comedian CJ Hunt documents the fraught removal of four Confederate monuments in New Orleans. As...

genus: Documentary

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A soon-to-be first-time voter, the filmmaker’s thought-provoking journey into the Rust Belt and South captures four Asian American...

genus: Documentary

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Ever since the onset of her dementia, reality, dream and nightmare have become intertwined for Rose, making her something like a maverick time...

genus: Documentary

cast: Rose Noda

The story of a defiant movement of women of color transforming American politics from the ground up. Filmed during the historic 2018 midterm...

genus: Documentary

cast: Jennifer Caroll Foy

Set in motion by a tragic police-involved shooting, two communities of color navigate fraught perceptions of injustice, inequality, and...

genus: Documentary

cast: Ursula Liang

Silence - the stuff of assumptions and confusion - is a legacy inherited by many grandchildren of Japanese Americans interned during WWII. Shortly...

genus: Documentary

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Home movie collection of the Bohulano Family of Stockton, CA. Footage dates between the 1950s-1970s.

genus: Documentary

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Hollywood Chinese is a captivating look at cinema history through the lens of the Chinese American experience. Directed by triple Sundance...

genus: Documentary

cast: Turhan Bey

Since the fall of Saigon in 1975, Vietnamese refugees have built the largest Vietnamese community outside of Vietnam, in Orange County, California....

genus: Documentary

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Filmed over three years, the film follows Ashley Chea, a Cambodian-American basketball phenom. Exploring the highs and lowsher immigrant family,...

genus: Documentary

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