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Feeling Asian American

Directed by Janet S. Kim

What does it mean to feel at home? With oneself, in one’s city, around others?

How do you proceed when the country you live in makes you fight for your place in it?

“Feeling Asian American” explores the emotional journeys of five individuals, who navigated their way through their own racial reckonings in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. During the height of anti-Asian hate that not only continues to ripple out today, but also brings up echoes of the past, they found community, connection, and self.

Through this film, we invite you to hear us, know us, see us.

We are not a monolith, but we are all human. And we are here.

Directed by Janet S. Kim
Produced by Adrian Selkowitz, Esther Castillo, Wren Stetler

Director’s Bio:Based out of New York City, Janet specializes in finding stories that reflect experiences from unexpected spaces. Her short film Speak Chinglish premiered at CAAMFest in 2016 with other narrative credits including content for Sesame Street, Amazon Prime, NBC, HBO, and commercial work for AT&T, Pepsi, Erno Lazlo, Chipotle, Petco, and Mandalay Bay.

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Wisdom Gone Wild

Wisdom Gone Wild

Directed by Rea Tajiri

WISDOM GONE WILD is an immersive meditation on elder consciousness and the act of caregiving an elder with dementia. Filmmaker Rea Tajiri weaves her mother’s storytelling wisdom into the dream fabric of this film.

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