Asian American and Pacific Islanders Studies Films
Documentary, experimental, and narrative films by and about Asian American and Pacific Islander communities. Our collection spans early immigration history through contemporary experiences, including the work of TWN co-founder Christine Choy (“From Spikes to Spindles”, “Mississippi Triangle”), Southeast Asian refugee narratives, Japanese American incarceration and resistance, Pacific Islander representation, and emerging AAPI filmmakers. Themes include Chinatown and urban Asian American communities, the model minority myth, transnational identity, mixed-race experiences, and Pacific decolonization. Featured titles: “From Spikes to Spindles”, “Bittersweet Survival: Southeast Asian Refugees in America”, “Resistance at Tule Lake”, “Mississippi Triangle”, “War for Guam”, “The #7 Train: An Immigrant Journey”. Available for theatrical screening, educational licensing, and archival licensing.
Resistance at Tule Lake
During World War II, 12,000 Japanese Americans dared to resist the U.S. government's program of mass incarceration.
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Voices of Chinatown: Here to Stay
Fifth-generation shopkeepers Mei Lum and Gary Lum speak to how their work exists as everyday resistance to gentrification and creates sustained community in the heart of New York City.
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Mississippi Triangle (110 minutes)
This is an intimate portrait of life in the Mississippi Delta, where Chinese, African Americans and whites live in a complex world of cotton, labor, and racial conflict.
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The Chinatown Files
This documentary presents the roots and legacy of the Cold War on the Chinese American community during the 1950s and the 1960s, it presents first-hand accounts of seven men and women's experiences of being hunted down, jailed and targeted for deportation in America.
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Unspoken
Through letter-writing, a community discussion, and a drag performance, six queer and trans Asian Americans grapple with their queerness and consider what family acceptance might look like.
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Tongues of Heaven
Four young indigenous women from Taiwan and Hawai’i share their questions, desires and challenges of learning the language of their forebears—languages that are endangered.
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Anomaly: A Documentary Film about Multiracial Identity
A Documentary Film about Multiracial Identity
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Whatever It Takes
WHATEVER IT TAKES follows the amazing first year of a cutting-edge public high school in NYC’s South Bronx.
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Toc Storee
The first in a series by the artist addressing Asian/Pacific Islander Gay experiences, this multilevel narrative explores sexuality, identity, tradition and personal recollection through gay Asian storytelling.
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Kites & Other Tales
A kite maker recreates the folklore of Asian kites by illustrating magnificent stories from China, Japan and Polynesia.
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From Asia With Love
A critical look at the proliferation of the mail-order bride industry in Asia and its representations of Asian women in the West.
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Flow
FLOW is a multi-layered investigation of contemporary political, cultural and psychological dislocations.
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Animal Appetites
Michael Cho's biting critique on popular cultural stereotypes centers on the case of two Cambodian immigrants tried in California on charges of slaughtering their pet dog for food.
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…I Told You So
Lawson Inada's poetry deals with the multicultural experiences of Asian Americans, is interwoven with scenes from his life as he visits the Chicano neighborhood where he grew up, plays with his son, and travels through the streets of downtown Fresno, California with its graffiti, bars and Nisei Barber Shop.
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War for Guam
The first public television documentary about the experience and impact of WWII on Guam, a US territory since 1898.
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The # 7 Train: An Immigrant Journey
Every day 500,000 people from 117 different countries ride a subway that runs from Flushing to Times Square, going through Queens, the most culturally diverse region in the United States.
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Taxi-vala/Auto-Biography
A look at the complexities of migration, displacement, economic empowerment, and the pursuit of the elusive "American dream" within New York's growing South Asian communities.
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Su-Casa Senior Media Production Workshop Films: 2020 Films
A series of short videos made by Mandarin-speaking seniors living in Flushing, Queens, during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. The videos showcase their filmmaking abilities and their strength and willingness to share their fears and sorrows during the health crisis.
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