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Miles From Nowhere: Reflecting on THE ROAD TO MANDALAY
Posted April 25th, 2017 by Visual Communications in Feature Articles
by Ashley Lin In THE ROAD TO MANDALAY, Midi Z offers an honest glimpse of the difficult path for migrant workers. Traveling from Burma, young protagonists and at first strangers, Lianqing and Guo, enter Thailand with few contacts and the same goal to find work. As they toil through the hardships of an unfamiliar environment […]
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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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SHE’S THE BOSS Showtime Change
Posted April 24th, 2017 by Visual Communications in Updates
The screening time for SHE’S THE BOSS has changed from Friday, May 5 at 7:30pm to Friday, May 5 at 8:00pm. It will be playing at CGV Cinemas in Buena Park. Click here to buy tickets.
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Short & Sweet: Overcoming the Hardest Obstacles
Posted April 24th, 2017 by Visual Communications in Feature Articles
by Reynaldo Culannay In “Coin Boy,” fourth grader Tai faces rejection when using coins to cover the expenses of trying to pay for a school camping fee. Feeling frustrated about the situation, Tai meets with his father to do his daily routine of overseeing his claw machines where they both restock stuffed animals and collect […]
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“White Tunnel” & “Dots”: You Don’t Need Eyes to “See”
Posted April 24th, 2017 by Visual Communications in Feature Articles
by Erika Vazquez “White Tunnel” is a unique animated piece that challenges the idea that we have absolute control of our lives. As it turns out in the film, our future path is actually determined by other factors. The realization that reality is like the process of walking through a “white tunnel;” it is creation that prompts […]
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Huang Hui-Chen’s SMALL TALK is an Important Conversation
Posted April 24th, 2017 by Visual Communications in Feature Articles
by Ngoc Anh Ha SMALL TALK (日常對話) is a Taiwanese documentary that packs a punch while exploring the identity of a lesbian mother’s past and extraordinary relationship with her filmmaker daughter Hui-Chen Huang. Expertly crafted with long cinematic takes to truly convey the depth of topics discussed, this piece of cinema covers Asian family ties […]
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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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“Itsy Bitsy Shorts” Program Back at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival!
Posted April 23rd, 2017 by Visual Communications in Feature Articles
by Erika Vazquez The “Itsy Bitsy Shorts” program on Saturday, April 29th showcases films for children who love film. After a brief hiatus of the program, programmers Gena Hamamoto, Michelle Ko, Juli Kang, Helen Kim, and Azusa Oda have worked together to bring it back to the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. The program is filled with […]
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Works of Vietnamese diaspora filmmakers to be showcased in Southern California film festivals
Posted April 23rd, 2017 by Visual Communications in Press
by Titi Mary Tran/Nguoi-Viet English on Người Việt Seven feature films, including two world premieres, made by Vietnamese filmmakers will be screened over the next two weeks in a pair of prominent film festivals in Southern California. Works from filmmakers Charlie Nguyen, Ham Tran, Dustin Nguyen, Nadine Truong, Dinh Thai, Ashley Duong and Luong Dinh Dung […]
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LA Asian Pacific Film Fest to Celebrate 33 Years (Part 2)
Posted April 20th, 2017 by Visual Communications in Press
Featured in Rafu Shimpo. Visual Communications (VC), the nation’s premier Asian Pacific American media arts center, has announced the 33rd edition of the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (LAAPFF), running April 27 to May 4. This annual film celebration is presented across Los Angeles from Hollywood to Little Tokyo to the Arts District to […]
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Urban Rambles – Exploring Bronzeville
Posted April 19th, 2017 by Visual Communications in Feature Articles
By Eric Brightwell 2017 is my tenth year of exploring and writing about Los Angeles communities. In 2007 I explored Granada Hills, Montebello, and Alhambra, and titled my series California Fool’s Gold in homage to Huell Howser‘s California’s Gold (1991-2012). In 2014 I spun of a related series, Urban Rambles, in which I undertake short, small, loosely structured walks of various corners […]
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Samuel Goldwyn Films Acquires North American Rights to Justin Chon’s GOOK
Posted April 19th, 2017 by Visual Communications in Press
A Film About Race and Family Set Against the Backdrop of the L.A. Riots Los Angeles, CA (April 19, 2017) – Samuel Goldwyn Films announced today the acquisition of the 2017 Sundance audience award winner GOOK. The film, written and directed by Justin Chon (Twilight franchise), stars Chon, David So (YouTube’s DavidSoComedy), and newcomer Simone […]
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BETTER LUCK TOMORROW: Here and back again
Posted April 18th, 2017 by Visual Communications in Feature Articles
By Abraham Ferrer I hadn’t done a #throwback in such a long time, but seeing how dropping bombs is a recurring theme today, I thought I’d drop a bomb of my own: back in early 2001, filmmaker Justin Lin and Linda Mabalot, our former Executive Director at Visual Communications, struck a modest deal to let VC serve […]
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