Shang Chi’s Box Office Success Signifies The Rise of The Asian Leading Man in...
Shang Chi’s record breaking opening weekend, garnered the best showing of any Labor Day weekend film ever, at $71.4 million (and this did not include Monday). Already, within just a few days, with gross...
Celebrate Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month 2021
Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) both have a rich heritage thousands of years old that have shaped the history of the United States. Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month is a period for the...
PBS: Spotlight on Asian American History
Tune into PBS streaming forshows and films that cover both current events and Asian American history. In addition, please view Jada Leng’s essay on Violence Against Asian Americans (pbs.org).
ASIAN AMERICANS “Breaking Ground”
In...
A Celebration of Very Long Term Marital Contentment: “My Love, Don’t Cross That River”
A couple who have lived together for 76 years faces the last moments of their marriage.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAqhhHr3g8w
Perhaps one of the most romantic documentaries ever made. Beautifully shot in a breathtaking mountain village in South...
Asian Lantern Festival illuminates Central Florida
The Asian Lantern Festival is coming back to Central Florida this holiday season. The Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens host an evening wonderland of lights during the Asian Lantern Festival: Into the...
Looking back at Wong Kar-Wai’s “In the mood for love”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWVDZ98AFhI
September 29 2019 marks 19 years
since the release of Wong Kar-Wai’s “In the mood for love” in Hong Kong. To
date this film is considered one of the great masterpieces of contemporary East
Asian cinema and...
Global Peace Film Festival: “Nailed it”
A Feature Length Documentary by Adele Free Pham
The Story
A fortuitous encounter with 20 Vietnamese refugee women and The Birds actress Tippi Hedren in 1975, sparks the Asian nail salon as...
THIS IS “US”: IDENTITY AND INCLUSION IN CENTRAL FLORIDA
FusionFest is seeking performers, vendors and volunteers to participate in the second year of Central Florida’s multicultural celebration. The free two-day event at Thanksgiving Weekend, Nov. 30 & Dec. 1, 2019 is an opportunity...
‘Crazy Rich Asians’, a cultural movement in American cinema
Back in June 2017 I vividly recall strolling through Barnes & Noble and laying my eyes on Kevin Kwan’s ‘Crazy Rich’ trilogy laid out on the shelf; the third book Rich People Problems had...
MOVIE REVIEW: “CRAZY RICH ASIANS”
Tonight, August 8th I watched the preview screening of the long-awaited movie "CRAZY RICH ASIANS" based on the best selling novel of Kevin Kwan now available in bookstores. All I can say is that...