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A Conversation with The Nakamura Family
For over four decades, the Nakamura family—filmmaker Robert A. Nakamura and producer Karen Ishizuka, with their son Tadashi—have helped shape the landscape of Asian American media through their thoughtful films and fierce dedication to community and representation. Join us for this conversation and retrospective.March 10, 2012 3:30 pm
Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
Tickets not currently on saleA Lot Like You
Eliaichi Kimaro is a mixed-race, first-generation American with a Tanzanian father and Korean mother. When her retired father moves back to Tanzania, Eliaichi begins a project that evocatively examines the intricate fabric of multiracial identity, and grapples with the complex ties that children have to the cultures of their parents.March 13, 2012 9:20 pm
Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
Tickets not currently on saleMarch 11, 2012 7:20 pm
SF Film Society Cinema at New People
Tickets not currently on saleAbu, Son of Adam
India’s official entry to the 84th Academy Awards is a meditative story of the determination of an aging couple to perform the Islamic pilgrimage of Hajj. This simple yet revelatory cinematic experience unpretentiously explores virtue, loyalty, and devotion against the picturesque simplicity of rural Kerala.March 11, 2012 12:00 pm
SF Film Society Cinema at New People
Tickets not currently on saleMarch 18, 2012 4:45 pm
Camera 3 Cinemas
Tickets not currently on saleAlways
A beautiful woman going blind, a tough ex-boxer, a cute puppy, and some criminal thugs add up to what The Hollywood Reporter called “one of the few contemporary movies D.W. Griffith could easily embrace.” Korean male-modelturned- actor So Ji-sub and television starlet Han Hyo-joo star in this unabashed crowd-pleaser.March 10, 2012 1:00 pm
Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
Rush OnlyMarch 15, 2012 9:45 pm
Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
Tickets not currently on saleAmong B-Boys
The feature version of an award-winning 2004 short, Among B-Boys explores the intersection of breakdancing and Hmong ethnic identity, as it picks up the stories of three young Hmong Americans, b-boyin’ from California to Oklahoma and bridging the gap between modern urban culture and traditional Hmong identity. With short Brothers.March 10, 2012 9:30 pm
SF Film Society Cinema at New People
Rush OnlyMarch 12, 2012 6:30 pm
Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
Tickets not currently on saleBaby Factory
The chaos and joy of life in a Manila maternity ward bursts from the screen in this powerful new work, which seamlessly fuses professional actors and real-life nurses into its fictionalized tale of an overwhelmingly female world.March 9, 2012 5:00 pm
SF Film Society Cinema at New People
Tickets not currently on saleMarch 12, 2012 8:50 pm
Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
Tickets not currently on saleBang Bang
Bang Bang is the story of Asian American teenagers dealing with deteriorating family lives and escalating gang violence. Thai Ngo, best known as real-life Portland rap artist "Thai,” debuts as a resilient Vietnamese teenager looking for a way out of the gang life. Winner, Best First Feature, Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival.March 9, 2012 8:50 pm
Pacific Film Archive Theater
Tickets not currently on saleMarch 10, 2012 6:45 pm
SF Film Society Cinema at New People
Tickets not currently on sale
Bei Yao Wan, Shanghai
Bei Yao Wan is a migrant-worker’s district in Shanghai that faces demolition. It follows two migrant families who confront these impending changes with dignity.See Where We Live for screenings.
Bleached
San Francisco native Jess dela Merced directs and stars in this dark comedy about a former Beauty Pageant winner who resorts to desperate measures to please her mother and attract a high-school crush. Winner, 8th annual Chicago Filipino American Film Festival.See XXX Shorts for screenings.
Brothers
Brothers tiptoes across the nebulous line between good and evil, a line portrayed through the relationship between two apparently opposite brothers. Set against a gritty Los Angeles cityscape and inspired by real sibling dialogues, this short glows with honesty and irony.See Among B-Boys for screenings.
