Directors Maya Wanner and Kerri Pang scheduled to attend.
Monday, May 22 at 6:00pm | 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), 寄托 - 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.
Asian American Showcase: Presented as an annual collaboration with the Foundation for Asian American Independent Media and now celebrating its 26th year, the Asian American Showcase provides a platform for new work by established and emerging Asian American filmmakers. View full festival.