http://publicbroadcast.asianamericanmedia.org Just another Center for Asian American Media weblog Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:56:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en UNNATURAL CAUSES Produced by California Newsreel with Vital Pictures Presented by CAAM and the National Minority Consortia Public Engagement Campaign in association with the Joint Center Health Policy Institute A four-hour documentary series exploring our socio-economic and racial inequities in health. The series starts this Thursday @ 10 pm on KQED. Airing four consecutive ... http://publicbroadcast.asianamericanmedia.org/on-pbs/2008/03/26/unnatural-causes-documentary-series-on-pbs/ LITTLE MANILA by Marissa Aroy A KVIE Production Available on public television stations in May 2008 Filled with chop-suey houses, gambling dens, and dance halls, Little Manila was once a bustling area in downtown Stockton, and home to a large number of Filipino immigrants coming to the United States. The documentary is narrated by ... http://publicbroadcast.asianamericanmedia.org/on-pbs/2008/03/05/little-manila-on-pbs-may-2008/ SIKHS IN AMERICA by Marissa Aroy and Niall McKay A KVIE Production Available on public television stations in May 2008 SIKHS IN AMERICA is a half hour documentary profiling the Sikh community in the United States. The program takes an in-depth look inside the Sikh community with its religious and cultural practices, social and family ... http://publicbroadcast.asianamericanmedia.org/on-pbs/2008/03/05/sikhs-in-america-on-pbs-in-may-2008/ NEW YEAR BABY by Socheata Poeuv (a co-presentation with ITVS) Born in a Thai refugee camp on Cambodian New Year, filmmaker Socheata Poeuv grew up in the United States never knowing that her family had survived the Khmer Rouge genocide. In “New Year Baby,” she embarks on a journey to Cambodia in ... http://publicbroadcast.asianamericanmedia.org/on-pbs/2007/10/31/new-year-baby-premiering-on-independent-lens-on-january-1-2008/ January 2008 OUT OF THE POISON TREE by Beth Pielert An American survivor of the Cambodian genocide hopes to unlock the mystery of her father’s disappearance in 1975. Thida Butt-Mam’s quest for the truth stirs up the fractured pieces of one family’s nightmare, unearths an unimaginable heartbreak, and ultimately shines light on ... http://publicbroadcast.asianamericanmedia.org/on-pbs/2007/10/31/out-of-the-poison-tree-on-pbs-january-2008/ OH, SAIGON by Doan Hoang (a co-presentation with ITVS) A Vietnamese family attempts to resolve its divided past when three brothers, one capitalist, one communist, one anti-war, who fought against each other in the Vietnam War meet again after decades and confront their differences. Meanwhile, two first-generation Vietnamese American sisters try to ... http://publicbroadcast.asianamericanmedia.org/on-pbs/2007/10/31/oh-saigon-premiering-on-pbs-in-may-2008/ A DREAM IN DOUBT by Tami Yeager (a co-presentation with ITVS) America’s first post-9/11 hate crime murder punctuated a growing wave of violence in retaliation for the terror attacks. Told through the eyes of the victim’s brother, A DREAM IN DOUBT travels to Phoenix to tell a personal story of national tragedy, ... http://publicbroadcast.asianamericanmedia.org/on-pbs/2007/10/31/a-dream-in-doubt-premiering-on-independent-lens-in-may-2008/ Look out for MIGHTY WARRIORS OF COMEDY on PBS in January 2008. Hailed as one of the most devastatingly funny comedy troupes of the past decade, the 18 Mighty Mountain Warriors are an audacious Asian American sketch comedy group from San Francisco. Their material tackles socio-political issues with a hilarious ... http://publicbroadcast.asianamericanmedia.org/featured/2007/10/31/next-on-public-broadcast/