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Posts tagged with: war


Lee Wang

Posted October 31, 2007 by michella in Filmmaker Profile, In Theatres, Featured

l_wang.jpg Filmmaker Lee Wang showed her film, SOMEONE ELSE’S WAR at the 2007 San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival. We got a chance to sit down and talk with her about her film, civilian contractors in Iraq, and documentary filmmaking. Check out our conversation in the featured video section to learn more about Lee and her powerful film.
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BOLINAO 52 Screening & Discussion

Posted April 25, 2008 by rsotelo in CAAM Events, In Theatres

Bolinao 52 KQED Education Network and the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at UC Berkeley present a screening and discussion of Bolinao 52, a Vietnamese boat people documentary on Thursday, May 1, at 7:00 pm in Sibley Auditorium (Bechtel Engineering Center) on the UC Berkeley campus. This free screening will feature a discussion with the filmmaker Duc Nguyen.
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CAAM Media Fund Project on PBS

Posted December 31, 1969 by rsotelo in CAAM Events

A DREAM IN DOUBT Award-Winning Documentary - National Broadcast Check Local Listings Here (or See Select Cities Below) Dear Friend, We are excited to announce that A DREAM IN DOUBT will have its national broadcast premiere on PBS’ Emmy-Award winning series Independent Lens on Tuesday, May 20. We hope you will mark your calendars and forward this message to [...]
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Co-Presentation: Women Wielding Cameras Film Festival

Posted June 1, 2008 by rsotelo in CAAM Events

film-festival.gif International filmmakers Kimberlee Acquaro and Marlo Poras are among the filmmakers who will speak and answer questions about their award-winning films screening at I.M.O.W.'s Women Wielding Cameras free Film Festival in the San Francisco Public Library's Koret Auditorium on Saturday, June 14.
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New Release on DVD: KABEI

Posted September 15, 2009 by Luis in In Theatres

kabei.jpg New on DVD, KABEI from Strand Releasing Home Entertainment. Based on acclaimed Japanese novelist Teruyo Nogami's memoirs and directed by prolific multi award-winner Japanese director Yôji Yamada, both longtime collaborators of Akira Kurosawa.
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THE LAST GHOST OF WAR airs on PBS Nationwide

Posted December 4, 2008 by Luis in On Public Television

ghost.jpg In THE LAST GHOST OF WAR, we meet victims who are plaintiffs in a class action suit against 32 U.S. chemical companies. These Vietnamese victims are seeking compensation and justice. The question is were these dioxin-laden herbicides chemical weapons? And if so, who should be held accountable in the wake of what was arguably the largest chemical warfare operation in history?
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