Asian American Showcase: Documentary Shorts - CHICAGO!

Showings

THEATER 1 Mon, May 22, 2023 6:00 PM
Film Info
Runtime:101 min.
Release Year:2019-22
Original Language:English
Central Khmer
Cantonese
Cast/Crew Info
Director:Various

Description

These documentary short films highlight the diversity of the fastest-growing demographic in Chicago and showcase the local Asian American community’s history, political mobility, love for food, and cross-generational soul-searching. Program: NISEI CUBS FAN (2019, dir. Renee Tajima-Peña, 11 min.), OUR CHINATOWN: ADA TONG (2022, dir. Curtis Chin, 11 min), ?? - JÌTUO – SUSTENANCE (2022, dir. Maya Wanner, 10 min.), THE THINGS I HAVEN’T TOLD YOU YET (pictured, 2022, dir. Maya Wanner, 15 min.), CAMBODIAN FUTURES (2022, dir. Dustin Nakao-Haider, 17 min.), and NO PLACE LIKE KASAMA (2021, dir. Kerri Pang, 37 min.). Directors Maya Wanner and Kerri Pang scheduled to attend.