AAARI Events

Films in this year’s CUNY Shorts Showcase, part of the 49th Asian American International Film Festival deal with topics/genres including: an intimate connection of hope and solidarity between a Filipino steward and a Black welder in 1940s Brooklyn, a Sikh MMA fighter navigating the balance between faith and the brutal world of combat sports, a ... Read more

A fall retrospective of nine preserved films by Christine Choy, the pioneering documentarian who spent five decades filming the movements and communities left out of the record. Films Screening at Anthology Film Archives (Sept 9 to 13, 2026) “Teach our Children”, “Inside Women Inside”, “From Spikes to Spindles”, “Fei Tien… Goddess in Flight”, “To Love, ... Read more

Across Continents employs Goan literary subjectivity as epistemology to critique a specific limitation of postcolonial thought, one that does not account for the situations or afterlife of Portuguese colonialism.

Join Thirdworld Newsreel and the Documentary Forum at CCNY for a discussion with cinematographer Tinx Chan, named an American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) “Rising Star” in 2023, and past CUNY Asian American Film Festival participant.

Join Third World Newsreel and the Documentary Forum at CCNY for a special screening and Q&A featuring The Gas Station Attendant. This intimate documentary follows H. N. Shantha Murthy’s remarkable journey from escaping extreme poverty in an Indian village to a life-changing encounter that brought him to Texas.

This book explores how Manhattan’s Koreatown transformed into a “transclave”—a commercialized ethnic hub driven by South Korea’s global nation-branding strategy and the diverse cultural mosaic of New York City.

Presented by: The Committee to Keep Private Danny Chen’s Legacy Alive Join us for a powerful free exhibition dedicated to remembering Private Danny Chen, examining his legacy, and honoring the community's enduring fight for justice. Exhibition Hours: 12pm to 5pm This exhibition is proudly supported by a broad community coalition, including: Individuals: Yan Tao Chen, ... Read more

Join the community to commemorate the 15th anniversary of Private Danny Chen's death. On October 3, 2011, Pvt. Danny Chen was found dead in Afghanistan after weeks of hazing and racial harassment by his superiors. When he enlisted, Danny did not know about the racism and culture of hazing in the military. Fifteen years later, ... Read more

The Asian American Mentorship Providing Opportunities to Women for Empowerment and Resilience (AAMPOWER) at CUNY invites you to join us for an in-person bystander intervention training workshop, presented by Sakhi for South Asian Survivors.

This talk discusses preliminary results from archaeological collaboration with Dr. Dudley Gardner and Chinese American descendants on the Wyoming Chinatowns.

This Filipino American History Month, the Office of Assemblymember Steven Raga, together with the Office of Queens Borough President Donovan Richards, Woodside on the Move, Bright Spot Community Development Center, NaFFAA New York State Chapter, and FANHS Metro New York Chapter, will host the first-ever Filipino American History Month Little Manila Parade & Block Party ... Read more

In its 250-year existence, the United States has welcomed, nurtured, while also barred and deported Americans who hail from all parts of the world. The Asian American experience is at once unique and familiar. From the first migrants to these shores in the late 1500s, to the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882, to the incarceration ... Read more