Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
Join Third World Newsreel and the Documentary Forum at CCNY for a screening of CROSSINGS, and panel discussion to learn about the making of the film and the effort to press for peaceful talks instead of sanctions and military threats.
During the McCarthy era, the loyalties of over ten thousand American citizens of Chinese descent were questioned based on their ethnicity and alleged risk to national security. CHINATOWN FILES explores the roots and legacy of the Cold War on the Chinese American community during the 1950s and 1960s, and presents the firsthand accounts by seven men and women of being hunted down, jailed and targeted for deportation in America.
Join Third World Newsreel, Nodutdol for Korean Community Development, Korean Policy Institute, and The Documentary Forum at CCNY as they view two historical films about the U.S. in Korea – The Women Outside: Korean Women and the US Military and Camp Arirang, and hear from a panel of scholars and activists.
Beginning in 1990, thousands of Spanish speakers emigrated to Japan. A Cultural History of Spanish Speakers in Japan focuses on the intellectuals, literature, translations, festivals, cultural associations, music (bolero, tropical music, and pop, including reggaeton), dance (flamenco, tango and salsa), radio, newspapers, magazines, libraries, and blogs produced in Spanish, in Japan, by Latin Americans and Spaniards who have lived in that country over the last three decades.
Films in this year’s CUNY Shorts Showcase, part of the 43rd Asian American International Film Festival, deal with topics/genres including Chinese adoptees, mental health, gentrification, caregiving, sci-fi/horror, World War II, and father-son relationships.
In honor of Asian Heritage Month, the BMCC Theatre Program presents a 15-minute reading of David Henry Hwang’s play Trying to Find Chinatown, and a Town Hall discussion on “How does Theatre create Community and Identity for Asian Americans and all under-represented voices?”