Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
A decade after the events of September 11, 2001, AAARI presents a special 10th anniversary encore screening of Tribute and Remembrance: Asian Americans After 9/11. Commissioned by the Asian American Federation in 2003, Tribute and Remembrance documents the extensive effects the 9/11 tragedy had on the Asian American community, by examining the economic impact of … Read more
Date: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 Time: 5:30PM to 8PM Place: Rubin Museum of Art 150 West 17th Street, Manhattan Free Admission Cash bar and book signing: 5:30PM to 7PM Presentation: 7PM to 8PM Following the discovery of bin Laden in Pakistan, should the U.S. declare Pakistan a rogue state and cut off all aid, or … Read more
After This Our Exile (Hong Kong, 2006) Aaron Kwok plays gambler Sheng, while Charlie Young portrays his wife who can no longer tolerate his violence and leaves the family. Sheng then forces his son (Ian Iskandar Gouw) to commit petty theft to simply survive. The child ends up in a juvenile detention center and does … Read more
Commissioned by the Asian American Federation of New York, this film documents the extensive effects the 9-11 tragedy had on the Asian American community, by examining the economic impact of Chinatown, the toll on taxi cab drivers, INS deportation of Muslims, the mental health impact and 3 victims’ family stories. In addition, it highlights some … Read more
The presentation is based on the author’s manuscript, Sewing Woman, and her project: The effects of the 9/11 tragedy on the Chinese garment workers and the Chinatown neighborhood. Online Notes
