9500 Liberty arrives at the Asian American International Film Festival and puts a spotlight on the illegal immigration debate that is especially timely.
Wednesday July 14th and Tuesday July 14th -- NYC
YO GIRL! Solo Show
Natalie Kim's one-woman show YO GIRL!, about growing up Korean in white suburbia with multiple mothers, will be previewing in advance of its showing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this August.
7/14 & 7/20 at 7 pm
59East59 Street Theatre, Theatre C
59 E 59th St, New York
$15; tickets here
Thursday July 15th -- Berkeley
Go! Ohana
As expected, last week's verdict on the Oscar Grant trial did lead to violence. What are your thoughts and feelings about what happened?
The Asian American International Film Festival (AAIFF) is back! It's taking place at multiple venues in New York City from July 15th to 24th, beginning this Thursday. The festival's calendar of films, workshops, and panels can be found here.
The opening night presentation film is Manila Skies, the weekend centerpiece film is Au Revoir Taipei, and the closing night film is The People I've Slept With. Hyphen recently reviewed The People I've Slept With, as well as interviewed its lead actress Karin Anna Cheung (Better Luck Tomorrow).
Together with Paper Hat Productions, Hyphen will be hosting its first-ever illustration show, ALIEN/ATION, on July 10th -- which is today! I've been conducting short interviews with some of the featured artists. Today I chatted with Jorge Mascarenhas.
Inception, Christopher Nolan's intricately plotted tale of corporate espionage in the not-so-distant future, has been one of the summer's most hotly anticipated films since the beginning of its deliberately obfuscatory marketing campaign.
This was supposed to be a post about the latest chapter in the immigration saga, but I got sidetracked by an octopus. I might have a college degree, but I also have the attention span of five-year-old in an aquarium. Here’s what’s on my radar:
Before I interviewed artist and student Anida Yoeu Ali of the 1700% Project I watched her video "Mistaken for Muslim." Part of the 1700% Project, the video depicts in vivid spoken word form a number of hate crimes directed at Muslim-Americans since 9/11. Before I had a chance to talk to her, however, Ali informed me that an art exhibit she created at the School of Art Institute of Chicago as part of the 1700% Project had been vandalized. Ali's exhibit, designed specifically to address the issue of hate crimes, had ironically become the site of one
Wednesday July 7th -- San Francisco
Know the Names of Things
