Asian American Movies

A light-hearted yet deeply moving portrait of the Asian- and Jewish-American women who play this centuries-old Chinese game, shedding light on the...

A black sheep attempts to eulogize her mother with a story about pigeons.

A revenge-driven high school senior gathers a group of four other women, including a permanently limped former athlete, to plot the murder of their...

The filmmaker's father and uncle, Norm and Stan, are third generation Japanese Americans. They are "all American" guys who love bowling, cards and...

Short documentary on the screen depiction and public reception of fictional Chinese-American detective character Charlie Chan, as well as cultural...

Three Asian Americans tell their stories of immigration, growing up, assimilation, and finding themselves in this heartfelt stand-up comedy special.

Standup comedian Fred Le hears the stories of a diverse range of young overseas-born Vietnamese who made their way back to the land that their...

Told by her daughter Wendy, MINK! chronicles the remarkable Patsy Takemoto Mink, a Japanese American from Hawai'i who became the first woman of color...

In US society, people of East Asian heritage are often perceived through an obscuring lens of ethnic and cultural stereotypes. In STOLEN GROUND, six...

A man with night terrors is greeted by an unexpected and supernaturally gifted guru.

A film about a boy's turbulent time in high school.

Through handmade outfits and dancing, Coby, a 93 year old retired Chinatown nightclub performer, and Stephen, an artist twenty years her junior, find...

Leaving internment camps to defend their country in Europe, Japanese-American Nisei soldiers of WWII became the most decorated unit in American...

A young David Gan joins the WWII effort, eager to serve his country. Feelings of exclusion as a Chinese-American disappear in the Army. After...

Fumiko Hayashida: The Woman Behind the Symbol is both a historical portrait of Fumiko, her family and the Bainbridge Island Japanese American...

When a journalist is assigned to profile a businessman, she discovers that he has a story that is related to her haunted past.

A struggling actor's home is broken into by the famous acting coach, Sebastian Navarro Rodrigo Rivera, who offers to coach him.

In 1916, twenty-year-old Marion Wong wrote and directed The Curse of Quon Gwon, the earliest example of an Asian American film. What initially...

A social justice organization based in Oakland-Asian Immigrant Women Advocates-focused on building the collective leadership of limited-English...

Upon seeing her best friend Rin being assaulted and captured by her crime boss, Sung-Mi must decide if she will fight through bodyguards in order to...