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The Lockpicker: Director Randall Okita Reflects Making Teenage Thief Film
Posted April 29th, 2017 by Visual Communications in Press
By Gig Patta from Latino Review Media Once a teen enters into the world of crime, it’s too late to get out. In The Lockpicker, this grounded narrative film looks at a teenage thief who tries to leave town to escape the violence that threatens him and the people he loves. The film […]
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Sung Kang on the Importance of BETTER LUCK TOMORROW and the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
Posted April 29th, 2017 by Visual Communications in Press
By Cohan Chew from Resonate Sung Kang has discussed the importance of LAAPFF and Better Luck Tomorrow. Kang was attending the opening night of the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival on Thursday, which screened Justin Lin’s Better Luck Tomorrow to mark its 15th year anniversary. In the film, Kang plays Han, a […]
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‘Look what happens when we don’t talk to each other’: Korean American filmmakers’ L.A. riots stories
Posted April 28th, 2017 by Visual Communications in Press
By Jen Yamato from the Los Angeles Times Edward Jae Song Lee was a month away from celebrating his 19th birthday when he was killed in the 1992 Los Angeles riots, caught in a crossfire of bullets reportedly while attempting to defend a Koreatown pizza parlor from looters on the second day of […]
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China’s Environmental Woes, in Films That Go Viral, Then Vanish
Posted April 28th, 2017 by Visual Communications in Press
By Kiki Zhao from The New York Times BEIJING — Achieving fame was not hard for Wang Jiuliang, but staying in the spotlight has proved more difficult. His career as a documentary filmmaker has followed a distressing pattern: spectacular internet reactions to his movies and videos on environmental topics, followed by their rapid […]
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Asian Pacific Film Festival revisits ‘Better Luck Tomorrow,’ ‘Bronzeville’ and the L.A. riots
Posted April 27th, 2017 by Visual Communications in Press
Featured on the Los Angeles Times Connecting retrospective and introspective points of view, the 33rd edition of the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival begins with Thursday’s opening night gala, a 15th anniversary screening of Justin Lin’s “Better Luck Tomorrow.” Screening 180 films from 33 countries over the next two weeks, the festival takes an […]
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Chinese Sexuality, Subverted, in Taxi Stories
Posted April 27th, 2017 by Visual Communications in Press
by Allison Tate from Advocate The new film Taxi Stories, from acclaimed writer-director Doris Yeung, tells the intersecting tales of three contemporary Asians — a closeted Beijing taxi driver, a pregnant Hong Kong trophy wife, and a Jakarta slum kid, all trying to connect with each other despite the constraints of their social class. It stars acting legend […]
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“Cardinal X” – Angie Wang Interview
Posted April 27th, 2017 by Visual Communications in Press
Featured on LA 18 Generation Now Cindy J. Lee interviews Angie Wang, who directed, wrote and co-produced the drama film Cardinal X. Inspired by her own story, the film follows a Chinese American college student’s brief stint as an ecstasy dealer in the 80s. In this interview, Angie talks about how her non-profit […]
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Marie Jamora, Jason McLagan, and Courtney Bandeko from “Flip the Record”
Posted April 27th, 2017 by Visual Communications in Press
By Dino-Ray Ramos from Off White Two episodes in one week? That’s crazy! What’s even crazier is that this is another two-parter. There is just too much awesome to contain in one episode! Filmmakers Marie Jamora and Jason McLagan and actress Courtney Bandeko come to the Off White dining room/recording studio/donut eating facility […]
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Sujata Day and Tristen J. Winger from “Insecure”
Posted April 27th, 2017 by Visual Communications in Press
By Dino-Ray Ramos from Off White Sujata Day and Tristen J. Winger (a.k.a. Sarah and Thug Yoda from Insecure) continue our conversation from last week. The two talk about their time on Issa Rae’s Awkward Black Girl, the web series which the Golden Globe-nominated HBO comedy was based as well as their upcoming […]
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‘Bronzeville, Little Tokyo’ serves up WWII L.A.
Posted April 27th, 2017 by Visual Communications in Press
By Gregg Reese on Our Weekly As the 33rd iteration of the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (http://festival.vconline.org/2017/) gets underway today through May 3, a special presentation within the extravaganza resurrects the often overlooked travesty of forced relocation and internment of Japanese American citizens to camps in the western United States, during […]
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Spotlight on Taiwan Cinema Takes Place This Week at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Festival April 27 – May 11, 2017
Posted April 26th, 2017 by Visual Communications in Press
TWO AWARD WINNING FEATURE FILMS WILL REPRESENT THE LATEST IMPORTANT CINEMA OFFERINGS FROM TAIWAN FIVE SHORT FILMS WILL TAKE CENTER STAGE WITH SOME OF TAIWAN’S NEWEST EMERGING FILMMAKERS LOS ANGELES, CA, APRIL 26 2017 — The 33rd Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival presented by Visual Communications is proud to feature some of the best […]
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Spring Brings Film Festivals to Southern California
Posted April 25th, 2017 by Visual Communications in Press
By Emory Johnson of Pacific Ties Pacific Arts Movement (PacArts) is presenting its 7th Annual San Diego Asian Film Festival Spring Showcase from April 20 to April 27, 2017. This year’s showcase will be PacArt’s largest Spring Showcase yet, screening over 20 films from 10 countries over the eight-day festival at UltraStar Mission […]
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LAAPFF & UCLA Commemorate LA Uprising with GOOK & Panels
Posted April 25th, 2017 by Visual Communications in Press
By Cindy Maram of Dig In Magazine The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (April 27-May 4, 2017) to present Flash Point 2017: Twenty-Five Years After the 1992 Los Angeles Uprising, a special program commemorating 25 years since the 1992 LA Uprising and it’s impact on our LA Community and country today, including […]
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Justin Chon Interview – “Gook”
Posted April 25th, 2017 by Visual Communications in Press
Featured on LA 18 Generation Now. Generation Now’s Cindy J. Lee sits down with Justin Chon, who wrote, directed and stars in the film Gook. The drama, which is based on the 1992 L.A. riots, is the centerpiece film at the 33rd annual LA Asian Pacific Film Festival. This year marks the 25th anniversary of […]
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LA Asian Pacific Film Fest to Celebrate 33 Years (Part 3)
Posted April 24th, 2017 by Visual Communications in Press
Featured on Rafu Shimpo Visual Communications (VC), the nation’s premier Asian Pacific American media arts center, announced its program of outstanding films and events for the upcoming 33rd edition of the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (LAAPFF), running April 27 to May 4. VC celebrates 33 years as Southern California’s largest and […]
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