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Live Performances, PAPA mini-residencies

PAPA Mini-Residency: Half of Half Magic + Artist Conversation

Special Event PAPA Mini-Residency: Half of Half Magic + Artist Conversation 1 Half Magic is the autobiographical story of a biracial white/South Asian child raised on stories of white…
Live Performances

PAPA Performance: Have You Heard the Moves

Special Event PAPA Performance: Have You Heard the Moves Philadelphia Asian Performing Artists (PAPA) presents a dance showcase addressing the question: How do you get moving again?...
Short Film Programs

Rethinking History

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Program Rethinking History In school, we are often taught one side of historical events and expected to accept them as objective...
Feature Narratives

See You Then

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Film See You Then Directed by Mari Walker A decade after abruptly breaking up with Naomi, Kris invites her to dinner to discuss their complicated lives,…
Short Film Programs

Take Me Away

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Program Take Me Away Film can offer a catharsis for confronting and processing complex feelings and experiences. After a particularly distressing year...
Feature Documentaries

The Celine Archive

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Film The Celine Archive Directed by Celine Parreñas Shimizu What does it mean to be descendants of gendered violence? The Celine Archive is an act of journalism,...
Short Film Programs

The Darkness Within

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Program The Darkness Within Is it simply human nature to be utterly fascinated by what terrifies us the most? Whether the terror...
Short Film Programs

The Language of Healing

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Program The Language of Healing Language serves as an imperfect bridge between our innermost emotions and the outside world. How can we communicate...
Feature Documentaries

The Nodey Process

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Film The Nodey Process Directed by Maël Lê-Hurand and Vincent Nguyên aka Francis Cutter In the midst of an identity crisis, French Vietnamese hip-hop producer Nodey decides to leave his native Paris…
Feature Documentaries

The Six

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Film The Six Directed by Arthur Jones The untold story of RMS Titanic's Chinese survivors.
Short Film Programs

This Place We Occupy

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Program This Place We Occupy What makes a memory? Is it the sweet taste of a childhood treat? The familiar sounds of a...
Feature Documentaries

Try Harder!

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Film Try Harder! Directed by Debbie Lum At Lowell High School - San Francisco’s iconic #1 public high school with a majority Asian American student…
Pacific Showcase, Short Film Programs

Vā: The Space Between Us

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Program Vā: The Space Between Us “Vā is the space between, the betweenness, not empty space, not space that separates but space that relates,...
Feature Narratives, Pacific Showcase, Special Presentations

Waikiki

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Film Waikiki Directed by Christopher Kahunahana In this cinematic allegory of love and loss, a hula dancer fights for survival and her sanity in…
Feature Narratives

White Elephant

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Film White Elephant Directed by Andrew Chung Set in 1996, White Elephant is about Pooja, an Indo-Canadian teenage girl with an innocent crush on Trevor,…
Feature Documentaries

Who is Lun*na Menoh?

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Film Who is Lun*na Menoh? Directed by Jeff Mizushima Who Is Lun*na Menoh" follows the life and work of the extraordinary Japanese artist, Lun*na Menoh, showcasing her…
Feature Documentaries, Special Presentations

Wuhan Wuhan

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Film Wuhan Wuhan Directed by Yung Chang Unfolding at the height of the pandemic, Wuhan Wuhan offers unprecedented access into the peak of the pandemic…