Breaking the model : stories of Asian American history and presence.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Chen, Ginger Yifan, filmmaker.

Soun, Brandon, director.

Nguyen, Lan, director.

Park, Sarah (Film director), director.

Murakami, Yuka, filmmaker.

Collective Eye Films, publisher.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Korean

Multiple languages

Subjects (All):

Asian Americans.

Asian Americans--Social conditions.

Asian Americans--History.

Racism--United States.

Racism.

United States--Race relations.

United States.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Short films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (47 minutes)

Other Title:

Asian American shorts collection

Place of Publication:

[Portland], Oregon : Collective Eye Films, 2022.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

"Asian American", coined by activists Yuji Ichioka and Emma Gee in 1968, was a movement to build solidarity between the many AAPI ethnic groups struggling against racism and for their civil rights. While not perfect in its current or past definitions, often centring East Asian Americans, the term symbolizes a critical turning point in our history showcasing radical cross-racial solidarity. Breaking the Model: Stories of Asian American History and Presence brings together four different short documentaries exploring immigration, genealogy, gentrification and resilience within America. A Portrait of Us (Sarah Park, 17 min): a short documentary that follows two Korean grandparents as they navigate a modern-day reckoning of their immigration story and grandparenthood. Conversations at the Register (Brandon Soun and Lan Nguyen, 9 min) The film tells the story of KH Supermarket, a Cambodian-owned grocery store in the heart of Cambodia Town, Long Beach that was forced to close due to gentrification. What Remains (Ginger Yifan Chen, 5 min), directed by Ginger Yifan Chen. Over a series of photographs, Georgette Quan tells the story of her family's shrimping business, from the age of the Chinese Exclusion Act to its present-day status as a state park. Sincerely Miné Okubo (Yuka Murakami, 16 min), directed by Yuka Murakami. Picturesque biography of Miné Okubo, a Japanese-American artist best known for her graphic memoir Citizen 13660 (1946), chronicling the WWII incarceration while she was an internee.

Contents:

A portrait of us / directed by Sarah Park

Conversations at the register / directed by Brandon Soun and Lan Nguyen

What remains / Ginger Yifan Chen

Sincerely Miné Okubo / director, Yuka Murakami.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed July 28, 2023).

OCLC:

1382431071