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CAAMFest 2013 Interviews: Deann Borshay Liem and Ramsay Liem of 'Memory of Forgotten War'

Memory of Forgotten War features testimonies of four first-generation Korean Americans survivors of what is known in the US as the "forgotten war." Co-directors Deann Borshay Liem and Ramsay Liem discuss the making of a documentary that offers an informative, yet intimate glimpse into the human toll of a war without end.

Terry K Park | March 18, 2013 - 3:56pm

Yellowing the Vote: My Mother’s Ballot Box Legacy

PaKou Her recounts her mother's excitement on election days and discusses voting trends in the Asian American community today. 

PaKou Her | March 18, 2013 - 7:50am

CAAMFest 2013 Reviews: Stephen Maing's 'High Tech, Low Life'

High Tech, Low Life, directed by Stephen Maing, is a documentary trailing two of the first citizen journalists and bloggers in China.

Lisa Wong Macabasco | March 15, 2013 - 9:32am

CAAMFest 2013 Reviews: Easy, Riders: Tian-Hao Hua's 'Go Grandriders'

Go Grandriders, directed by Tian-Hao Hua, is a heartwarming documentary following a gang of octogenarians on a two-week tour of Taiwan via scooters.

Lisa Wong Macabasco | March 15, 2013 - 9:30am

CAAMFest 2013: Ken Adachi's 'Dead Dad'

Ken Adachi’s debut feature Dead Dad presents a story about grief, family, and distance, soaked in a hipster aesthetic and set in a warm lo-fi Los Angeles cityscape.

Nicole Wong | March 14, 2013 - 12:26pm

Books: The Indifferent Detective

What Lin seems to have set out to do is create a noir protagonist of color, and to undermine the seedy depiction of Chinatowns that has existed in the popular mainstream as being populated by nameless and faceless Chinese people.

Noah Cho | March 14, 2013 - 6:12am

CAAMFest 2013 Reviews: Lee Isaac Chung's 'Abigail Harm'

Amanda Plummer stars in Lee Isaac Chung's surreal re-telling of a Korean folktale.

Sylvie Kim | March 13, 2013 - 10:26am

Hyphen TV: Girl, You Did Your Best

A new top ten on American Idol, denim duct tape on Project Runway, calling out coworkers on Monday Mornings, and stalker cougars with Justin Chon on Conan.

Dianne Choie | March 12, 2013 - 8:54am

CAAMFest 2013 Reviews: O Muel's 'Jiseul'

Jiseul is the first Korean film to win the Sundance Film Festival’s prestigious World Cinema Dramatic Grand Jury Prize; the 2013 jury took less than a minute to come to its unanimous decision. O Muel’s film offers a haunting portrait of a forgotten massacre whose ghostly voices flicker into a Cold War darkness.

Terry K Park | March 12, 2013 - 8:48am

CAAMFest 2013 Reviews: Ernesto Foronda and Silas Howard's 'Sunset Stories'

In Sunset Stories, co-directors Ernesto Foronda and Silas Howard give the LA ensemble film a relationship comedy twist, giving LA and its quirky denizens prominent roles in this story of two former lovers randomly thrown back into each other's lives for 24 hours.

Sylvie Kim | March 11, 2013 - 11:26am
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