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the mission of the center for asian American Media is to present stories that convey the richness and diversity of Asian American experiences to the broadest audience possible. We do this by funding, producing, distributing and exhibiting films, television and digital media.

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Greetings! I hope you are well. It’s been an eventful and extraordinary year and I thought I’d bring you up to date on our activities here at caam.

The November general election was so important for many reasons and caam in partnership with several partners in public television such as pbs’s Online NewsHour and Frontline/world, launched a special election 2008 collaboration. The initiative ensured diversity in our election coverage, tell-ing stories about communities often ignored by the mainstream media alike—stories about the disen-franchised electorate in US-occupied Guam, the mobilization of young Latino voters in Los Angeles and the at-risk youth electorate raised in the violent housing projects of suburban New Jersey. The effort was so successful we’ve been asked to keep it in place as the new Obama administration begins its work.

Early in the year, caam was awarded a prestigious Wallace Foundation Excellence Award for innova-tion and leadership in engaging new audiences in the arts through digital media. The advent of Web 2.0 is rapidly changing how we engage with each other and the world of news and entertainment. Perhaps more significantly, with the advent of technologies and websites such as iMovie and YouTube, we can each tell and share our story to millions worldwide. caam’s bold digital media initiative places us at the forefront of the innovations and transformations afoot. Be sure to visit the caam Channel at www.asianamericanmedia.org to see our latest videos and digital media projects.

caam also hosted the 26th San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, a feast of film, music and media over 11 days in San Francisco, Berkeley and San Jose attended by over 35,000. Memorable moments included a spotlight retrospective on acclaimed director Wayne Wang, which included screenings of A Thousand Years of Good Prayers, Life is Cheap…But Toilet Paper is Expensive, and The Joy Luck Club.

Also featured at the festival were the premieres of caam’s first narrative feature productions—The Princess of Nebraska, directed by Wayne Wang and Option 3, by Richard Wong. With these premieres, caam enters the world of narrative filmmaking. Stay tuned for the third caam narrative produc-tion, Fruit Fly, a moving comedic musical by Colma: The Musical writer/composer/actor, H.P. Mendoza. We’re also excited to announce a new caam documentary co-production The Bonesetter’s Daughter: The Making of an Opera. Based on best-selling author Amy Tan’s most personal novel, The Bonesetter’s Daughter, the opera is a creative col-laboration among American composer Stewart Wallace (Harvey Milk), Chinese director Chen Shi-Zheng (The Peony Pavilion, Dark Matter) and the San Francisco Opera, with a libretto by Amy Tan.

For 28 years, caam has worked to fund, produce, exhibit and distribute rich, authentic and diverse stories of Asians in America, ensuring our histories are recorded, our stories told, our voices heard.

Looking ahead, there is still so much more to do. Your support has been a key part of our success. I ask you to step forward once again and join caam as we stake our claim in this new world that is upon us and lead the way for a diverse, thriving society for all.

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because a bunch of street hoodlums shouted racial slurs and threw rocks at me. Without hesitation my brother stormed out of the house in search of my tormen-tors. We never found them but I learned the important lesson that family and community support is critical when one is faced with adversity. Until then I was under the illusion that I could fight my own battles.

I witnessed the same phenomenon this Fall when the collapse of the credit markets made the entire country feel vulnerable. As a result, groups of people who rarely saw eye-to-eye came together to make a landmark historical decision by voting the first African American into the White House. This was followed by coordinated actions by countries around the world to guarantee bank deposits, lower interest rates, and support financial institutions so that we can all fight this financial contagion together.

It was a stark reminder that we are interconnected and must work together as a community in order to succeed in life. It is this sense of community that brought me to caam, where I found kindred souls who share a common passion and

goal of telling Asian American stories. In a country where we are still often mistaken as foreigners, sharing our rich heritage through media with our children and with our neighbors helps prevent attacks that I faced as a frightened child not so many years ago.

Great strides have been made in the past year by the wonderful team of people at caam. We witnessed peak attendance at the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, co-produced a feature film with renowned director Wayne Wang—Princess of Nebraska—expanded online outreach with the help

of the Wallace Excellence Award, and continued expansion of our educational distribution to colleges and universities.

However, this wonderful momentum is threatened by cutbacks at all levels of government, foundation and corporate grants on which we depend for funding. We can weather this storm only by pulling together as a community. What can you do? Bring your friends to our annual film festival, continue your membership and spread the word about our mission. Your individual efforts keep this organization alive and thriving!

With mixed feelings I end this letter with a personal farewell to you as Chair. I have had the wonderful honor of serving on the board for six years which is my term limit. During this time I have learned a tremendous amount from my fellow board members and the staff at caam. Although I will miss the camaraderie built over the years, I leave with the comfort of knowing that the organization is in strong stewardship, and I am confident that it will reach new heights. Needless to say I will always be a member of this wonderful community, and look forward to seeing all of you at future screenings and events.

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by Tami Yeager

There’s no question that the terrorist attacks of 9/11 damaged the American psyche. For Rana Sodhi, that fateful day would shatter his long-held image of the United States. A Dream in Doubt documents the murder of Rana’s brother Balbir Singh Sodhi; on September 15, 2001, while working at his gas station in Mesa, Arizona, Sodhi was fatally shot by a man who mistook him for an Arab Muslim because of his turban. A Dream in Doubt follows Rana Sodhi as he seeks to reconcile his brother’s death with the success that the family has enjoyed since immigrating to the United States. f u n ded � 0 0� broa dca st � 0 08 distr ibu tion � 0 08

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by Lynne True

A Nomad’s Life is a feature-length documentary shot in the high grasslands of the Tibetan plateau. A small team of American and Tibetan filmmakers document the lives of a young nomadic family—Locho, Yama and their infant daughter—over three months as they struggle with survival in the midst of modernization. f u n ded � 0 08

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by Tadashi Nakamura

In the wake of the civil rights movement when Asian Americans were touted as the model minor-ity, the late Chris Iijima’s music and passion fueled the emergent Asian American Movement that transformed the exotic image of the Oriental into a rich multi-dimensional American identity and ex-panded the concept of civil rights beyond black and white. A Song For Ourselves conveys the excitement of this little known movement through a teenage son’s search to know his father’s legacy. f u n ded � 0 08

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by Leo S. Chiang

In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the Vietnamese community from New Orleans East impressively rises to the challenges by returning and rebuilding before any other neighborhood in the city, only to have their homes threatened by a new government-imposed toxic landfill just two miles away. A Village Called Versailles recounts how this group of people turns a devastating disaster into a catalyst for change and a chance for a better future. f u n ded � 0 08

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by Kimberlee Bassford

Ahead of the Majority is an hour-long documentary about the life and times of the late Patsy Takemoto Mink, the first Asian American woman and woman of color in the U.S. Congress and the co-author of Title IX, the landmark legislation that expanded equal educational opportunities for women with a profound impact on women’s athletics. f u n ded � 0 08

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The California Delta, in the heart of the state, is the only place in America where the Chinese have maintained a sustained presence for nearly a century and a half. Here, immigrants from China transformed swampland into one of the richest agricultural regions on earth. Bittersweet Roots is the story of how they came and thrived despite hardship and discrimination—an experience that has been both bitter and sweet. distr ibu tion � 0 07

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by Renee Tajima-Pena & Evangeline Griego

Premiered September 16, 2008 on “P.O.V.”

When brothers Armando and Carlos Pena set off to carry their mother’s ashes to south Texas, their road trip turns into a quest for answers about a strangely veiled past. As they reunite with five other brothers, the two men try to piece together their family’s shattered history. Calavera Highway is a sweeping story of seven Mexican American men grappling with the meaning of masculinity, fatherhood and a legacy of rootless beginnings. f u n ded � 0 07 broa dca st � 0 08

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by Mike Siv

Cambodia is known for its Killing Fields, and, for the most part, the country has been viewed through the prism of Pol Pot’s genocide. But, if Joe Cook, a Cambodian American chef from Alabama has his way, all that will change. Hailed as the “father of Cambodian baseball”, Joe returned to his native Cambodia five years ago with a quintes-sentially American dream: to introduce baseball to Cambodia by establishing Cambodia’s first National Baseball Team. Joe’s American dream rap-idly turned into a nightmare. His makeshift team was massacred, this time on the baseball field, by powerhouses of Asian baseball—Japan, Philippines, Malaysia, and others—in the Asian games in Thailand. Joe’s dream of putting Cambodia on the map of baseball was left in tatters, but he does not give up. He turns to an American Coach, Tom Dill, whose high school team, Notre Dame, had made history winning the California State Championships on Dodgers Field. Dill, a devout Christian with a deep love for South East Asia, accepts. Set in the pristine village of Baribo, we

follow Coach Dill and the team as they prepare for a comeback in the Asian Games in Manila. Playing baseball in the Asian games not only provides an international language that connects America and Cambodia to the rest of Asia, but also serves a device for exploring the lives, dreams and struggles of young Cambodian villagers, poor kids whose courage and resilience can redefine the face and future of Cambodia. f u n ded � 0 08

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by Felicia Lowe

Chinese Couplet is part memoir, part history, part investigation as the filmmaker and former journal-ist explores the meaning of identity by uncovering her mother’s secrets and dissecting the lies that upheld the secrets. The journey reveals the power-ful effect on ones’ sense of place and belonging; within families, communities, even countries. It is a story that is both old and new, a cautionary tale of an unwanted immigrant who realizes the American Dream. f u n ded � 0 08

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by Kazuhiro Soda

Funded as part of the 2008 “P.O.V.” Series

This is democracy—Japanese style. Campaign provides a startling insider’s view of Japanese electoral politics in this portrait of a man plucked from obscurity by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (ldp) to run for a critical seat on a suburban city council. Kazuhiko “Yama-san” Yamauchi’s ldp handlers are unconcerned that he has zero political experience, no charisma, no supporters and no time to prepare. What he does have is the institutional power of Japan’s modern version of Tammany Hall pushing him forward. Yama-san al-lows his life to be turned upside down as he pursues the rituals of Japanese electioneering—with both tragic and comic results. f u n ded � 0 08 distr ibu tion � 0 08 broa dca st � 0 08

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Daughters of the Cloth is a stirring portrait of a Korean immigrant family, working in the down-town Los Angeles garment industry. Mr. and Mrs. Bang worked for over 17 years in the business, starting out as sewing laborers and later founding and operating their own sewing contracting com-pany. Now retired, they watch as their three daugh-ters, who decided to strike it out on their own, struggle anew. Navigating at various levels of the industry—from a retailer at the top, a manufacturer and a contractor in the middle, to workers at the bottom—the Bang daughters search to find their place within a cutthroat apparel business. What unfolds are the challenges of their small business ownership, family unity and their very survival. distr ibu tion � 0 08

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by Marissa Aroy

Premiered May 2008 on national public televisionThe “Little Manilla” section of Stockton, California filled with chop-suey houses, gambling dens and dance halls, served as the de facto hometown for displaced Filipinos at the turn of the 20th century. In its heyday, this lively area contained the largest population of Filipinos outside of the Philippines. Little Manila: Filipinos in California’s Heartland details the impact of Filipino immigrants on the community from the 1930s to the present. broa dca st � 0 08 distr ibu tion � 0 08

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by Sung H. Kim

Hailed as one of the most devastatingly funny troupes of the past decade, the “18 Mighty Mountain Warriors” are an audacious Asian-American sketch comedy troupe from San Francisco. This documentary not only provides a rousing introduction to the group but also offers an entertaining examination of the social ramifications of why a troupe like the Warriors, no matter how funny, may never have the mainstream popularity they deserve. f u n ded � 0 0 � broa dca st � 0 08 distr ibu tion � 0 0 �

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by Socheata Poeuv

This film traces the family history of filmmaker Socheata Poeuv who was born on Cambodian New Year in a refugee camp in Thailand. Her family was among thousands of refugees who fled their homeland after the fall of the Khmer Rouge. New Year Baby is a personal documentary—a search for truth about who her family is and how they survived the Khmer Rouge genocide when so many Cambodians died. f u n ded � 0 0� , � 0 0 � broa dca st � 0 08

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by Doan Hoang

Airlifted out of Vietnam on April 30, 1975, Doan Hoang’s family was on the last civilian helicopter out of the country at the end of the war. Twenty-five years later, she sets out to uncover their story. The film follows her family as they return to Vietnam after decades of exile, where her father, a former South Vietnamese major, meets his broth-ers again to confront their political differences: one was a Communist, the other a pacifist. Meanwhile, Hoang tries to reconcile her own difficult past with her half sister, who was mistakenly separated from the family during the escape. f u n ded � 0 0 � broa dca st � 0 08

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by Christopher Wong

Whatever It Takes chronicles the triumphs and struggles of the inaugural year of an innovative small high school set in nyc’s noto-rious South Bronx. This deeply emotional, cinema verité documen-tary follows the lives of two characters: Edward Tom, a brash Asian American, rookie principal, and Sharifea Baskerville, a ninth-grade girl with big dreams but even bigger obstacles. A dramatic uplifting story with uncommon personal access, Whatever It Takes reveals a community born into hardship but rising to excellence. f u n ded � 0 07, � 0 08

“ t h e c en t er fo r a s i a n a m er i c a n m ed i a has meant every-

thing for my film Whatever It Takes. caam funded my project at

every stage of production, responded with crucial advice for all of

my first-time filmmaker questions, and gave me encouragement

at every step of the way. With caam, I feel like I have a real fam-

ily behind me, one that believes in my film completely and trusts

my creative judgment. In addition, caam assisted me in finding an

award-winning Executive Producer to help shepherd my project,

something I never could have done by myself. I look forward to

working with caam for the rest of my filmmaking career.”

Christopher Wong / Whatever It Takes

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by Beth Pielert An American survivor of the Cambodian genocide hopes to unlock the mystery of her father’s disap-pearance in 1975. Thida Butt-Mam’s quest for the truth stirs up the fractured pieces of one family’s nightmare, unearths an unimaginable heart-break, and ultimately shines light on a people’s broken silence. f u n ded � 0 0� broa dca st � 0 08 distr ibu tion � 0 07

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by Joe Fox & James Nubile

During World War II, almost 120,000 Japanese-Americans were forcibly relocated to intern-ment camps located in remote and desolate areas throughout the country—one such camp was the Poston Relocation Center in the Arizona desert. Passing Poston is set against the backdrop of Ruth Okimoto’s journey as she seeks to answer questions about Poston that have haunted her since child-hood. Woven with stories of other former Poston internees, the documentary is a story of wounded individuals still searching, in their seventies and eighties, for their identity and still questioning what their place in America is. distr ibu tion � 0 08

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by Geeta Patel & Senain Kheshgi

Two friends travel to Kashmir’s war zone and confront their own personal identities and explore key issues of religious and cultural conflict, human rights, freedom of expression, revealing the roots of a divided South Asian immigrant community in the U.S. f u n ded � 0 0�, � 0 0 � , � 0 07

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by Liang-Yin Kuo & Shuhei Fujita

Shonenko reveals the untold stories of Taiwanese child laborers (Shonenko), from 12 to 14-years-old, who manufactured fighter planes in the Japanese naval arsenals during World War II. They left their families, homelands, and childhoods behind with the dream of receiving an education; but their dreams were only to be shattered—first by the war and again by cruel post-war politics in Taiwan, Japan, and China. distr ibu tion � 0 08

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by Marissa Aroy & Niall McKay

Sikhs in America profiles the Sikh community in the United States. This documentary follows Sikh families in Yuba City, Sacramento, Fremont and San Jose, California. Sikhs in America provides a portrait of what it means to be a Sikh in the US to-day, examining their journey from immigrant farm worker to business owner in a single generation. The documentary will show how Sikhs maintain their cultural traditions while also participating in the American dream. broa dca st � 0 08 distr ibu tion � 0 08

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by Janet Gardner & Pham Thai Quoc

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Thirty years after the end of the Vietnam War, four Vietnamese families are among the several million victims of Agent Orange filing a class action suite against 32 multinational chemical companies. From Vietnam, they tell their stories while lawyers battle it out in court over evidence. The question is who should be held accountable in the wake of the largest chemical warfare operation in history. f u n ded � 0 0 � broa dca st � 0 08 distr ibu tion � 0 07

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by Richard Wong

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The director of Colma: The Musical returns with a very different kind of film: a dream-logic thriller about a man who searches for his girl-friend after receiving a phone call from a mys-terious man. Option 3 is a dark and whimsical ride through the streets of San Francisco.

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by Wayne Wang

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The Princess of Nebraska follows twenty-four hours in the life of Sasha, a young Chinese woman who is four months pregnant through a fling back in Beijing. Interrupting her first year of college in Omaha, Nebraska, she travels to San Francisco to abort the child and confront her lover’s male friend.

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by California Newsreel (a National Minority

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Unnatural Causes, for the first time on film, investigates the sources of our huge and alarming socio-economic and racial disparities in health. The four-hour series sifts through the evidence suggesting that there’s more to our health than bad habits, health care, or unlucky genes. The social environment in which we are born, live and work profoundly affects our well-being and longevity. f u n ded � 0 0 0 broa dca st � 0 08

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by Hoku Uchiyama

upaj documents the unnatural relationship that developes between renowned Kathak master, Pandit Chitresh Das and tap star, Jason Samuels Smith as their phenomenal cross cultural collaboration, India Jazz Suites (ijs), tours the nation and India. f u n ded � 0 08

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by Yung Chang

Nearing completion, China’s massive Three Gorges Dam is altering the landscape and the lives of people living along the fabled Yangtze River. Countless ancient villages and historic locales will be submerged, and 2 million people will lose their homes and livelihoods. The Yu family desperately seeks a reprieve by sending their 16-year-old daughter to work in the cruise ship industry that has sprung up to give tourists a last glimpse of the legendary river valley. With cinematic sweep, Up the Yangtze explores lives transformed by the big-gest hydroelectric dam in history, a hotly contested symbol of the Chinese economic miracle. f u n ded � 0 08 broa dca st � 0 08

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by Meena Nanji

View from a Grain of Sand is a journey across 30 years of Afghani history as lived by three Afghan women. Shot over the last three years in Pakistan and Afghanistan, a doctor, teacher and social activist tell how their lives were violently affected by wars of international making and three different regimes in Afghanistan. Yet through all their loss, and the destruction of their homes and country, these women have endured. With courage, convic-tion and hope they continue to work on improving the lives of the people around them, against all odds, in this brutalized and divided nation. f u n ded � 0 0� , � 0 0 � broa dca st � 0 08

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by Jason DaSilva

After working as a filmmaker for ten years, I put my experience with multiple sclerosis to the screen with When I Walk. The film uses my personal narrative as an anchor point to weave in and out of interviews, explanations, and findings on ms. The film builds a narrative journey that is as informa-tive as it is entertaining. The film carries the unique perspective of a young South Asian film director going through a life change. f u n ded � 0 08

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by Geeta Patel & Senain Kheshgi

Two friends travel to Kashmir’s war zone and confront their own personal identities and explore key issues of religious and cultural conflict, human rights, freedom of expression, revealing the roots of a divided South Asian immigrant community in the U.S.

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about the film and the filmmaker.

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dark the hour, they always had

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is priceless and we are indebted

to everyone at caam. We can’t

thank them enough.”

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