present....
Thursday 9/15 – Sunday 9/18
at The Institute of Contemporary Art (955 Boylston St, Boston)
$7 General Admission || $6 AARW/NAAAP/ICA Members/Students/Seniors
www.aarw.org || www.icaboston.org ||
Made possible with generous funding from
The WANG Foundation
Also with support by NAAAP-Boston (www.naaapboston.org)
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*** OPENING NIGHT RECEPTION FOR AARW & NAAAP MEMBERS! More details to
come! ***
*** OPENING NIGHT ***
Thursday, September 15, 2005 @ 7 PM
Feature Film: ETHAN MAO (Boston premiere!)
Directed by Quentin Lee
87 min, 2004
18-year-old Ethan has been kicked out of home because he's gay, and has
had to make do with a lonely life on the street hustling, and selling his
body to older men. Things change when he befriends fellow hustler and drug
dealer, 19-year-old Remigio. In what turns out to be a life-changing
decision, he persuades Remigio to help break into his parents home. When
Ethan's parents return home unexpectedly, Ethan, his family and Remigio
are forced to confront unresolved conflicts and feelings long kept secret.
This coming of age tale successfully blends elements of family drama,
romance and thriller into one tightly wound package.
With TAIPEI 101: A TRAVELOGUE OF SYMPTOMS (SENSITIVE VERSION)
(Boston premiere!)
Directed by James T Hong
23 min, 2004
An angry Asian-American man encounters America on a pilgrimage to Taiwan.
Co-sponsored by Queer Asian Pacific Alliance (www.qapa.org)
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** GRASSROOTS RISING PROGRAM **
Friday, September 16, 2005 @ 7 PM
WE SHALL NOT BE MOVED
Directed by PrYSM
35 min, 2003
A documentary film about a Southeast Asian youth uprising against the
forced deportation of Cambodian refugees in Providence, Rhode Island.
Hundreds of youth marched to the Providence INS, joined arms to block off
a traffic intersection, and poured flowers on the doorsteps of
immigration. This struggle created a new organization, the Providence
Youth Student Movement, and this is their story of their quest for
justice.
OVERSHADOWED: BOSTON'S CHINATOWN
Directed by Paul Niwa & the Emerson College Journalism Documentary Class
27 min, 2005
Overshadowed: Boston’s Chinatown focuses on the changing landscape of
Boston’s Chinatown amid many new controversial developments, including
Kensington’s proposed construction of a 30-story luxury apartment building
on the site of a historic theatre. Featuring interviews from politicians,
community activists, and residents, the documentary looks at
re-development projects, the demolition of the Gaiety Theatre and how
Chinatown residents are coping with the rising cost of living.
GRASSROOTS RISING (Boston premiere!)
Directed by Robert C. Winn
60 min, 2005
A powerful documentary exploring the lives of Asian immigrant workers
through their search for justice, liberty and equality and their
innovative contributions to the current worker-led labor movement in L.A.
Juxtaposing poetry by spoken word artist Alison de la Cruz with the
stories of immigrant workers, slave laborers, and activists alike, the
film tells the stories of Koreatown restaurant workers arbitrarily fired
despite being too ill to work, Pilipino housekeepers kept as cheap labor,
Thai women held captive in a virtual prison sweatshop along with
supermarket workers picketing for better wages and working conditions.
Co-sponsored by Providence Youth-Student Movement (www.prysm.us) & Chinese
Progressive Association (www.cpaboston.org)
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** Asian American Unedited: Shorts Program **
Saturday, September 17, 2005@ 7 PM
MY FATHER’S EYES (Boston premiere!)
Directed by Lisa Fotedar Miller
5 min, 2004
A young, mixed-race American woman meets her Asian-Indian father for the
first time ….
SUMMER OF THE SERPENT (Boston premiere!)
Directed by Kimi Takesue
27 minutes, 2004
Eight-year old Juliette sits at the side of the local pool waiting for
another lonely summer day to pass when an unexpected Japanese newcomer
arrives. Fascinated by the stranger, Juliette embarks on a surreal
adventure of discovery.
CRIMSON HAZE (Boston premiere!)
Directed by Wenhua Shi
7 min, 2005
Experimental meditation on color, decay and rhythm
WHOSE CHILDREN ARE THESE? (Boston premiere!)
Directed by Theresa Thanjan
27 min., 2004
Whose Children are These? provides a glimpse into the post 9/11 world of
three youngsters impacted by the federal policy of Special Registration
and prejudice. The film tells the stories of three Muslim youth, an honors
student whose father was put into a detention center, a popular high
school athlete who confronts pending deportation, and a youngster who
finds a new life's calling to combat bias crimes in New York City as a
youth activist. They represent the tragic and untold story of thousands
of immigrant youth who are struggling in a post 9-11 environment to
redefine a life, livelihood, and a country that they no longer recognize.
UNTITLED (Boston premiere!)
Directed by Jay J. You
2 min, 2005
Take a trip through the interior of today’s most popular audio player.
IN WHOSE NAME? (Boston premiere!)
Directed by Nandini Sikand
11 min, 2004
A filmic essay which explores the co-opting of icons by political agendas.
This experimental short is told through personal narrative, Super 8mm
home movies, Bollywood film and comic book art.
PAWNS OF THE KING (Boston premiere!)
Directed by Ming Lai
17 min, 2005
A World War II Zero fighter pilot, haunted by the past, is forced to
confront his fears when he meets an old enemy, a U.S. Army 442nd soldier,
and plays a fateful game of chess.
THE HAIRS (Boston premiere!)
Directed by Yohei Kawamata
5 min, 2004
A man comes into his bathroom, looks at the mirror, and starts touching
his hair with his hands, smoothly and gently. Before long, his hair starts
falling out. Shortly, his hair is gone. But the story does not come to an
end. His other hairs are about to fall out soon. Why? What happens?
DICK HO, ASIAN MALE PORN STAR (Boston premiere!)
Directed by Jeffrey Lei
32 min, 2004
The film explores an Asian male porn legend named Dick Ho who supposedly
existed during the 1970s-80s golden era of porn and who allegedly had the
biggest member during his time. This investigative UFO-style documentary
explores alleged seventies film footage of Dick Ho in the attempt to
verify his existence as there are practically no Asian male porn stars in
the history of American adult cinema. He is a controversial mystery akin
to Bigfoot and alien abduction. Complete with rumors of a conspiracy
within the porn industry to eliminate any knowledge of his existence, the
film includes testimonials from porn veterans: Annie Sprinkle, Kay Parker,
Juliet Anderson, Mika Tan, and Sharon Mitchell.
Co-sponsored by the Alliance for a Secular & Democatic South Asia,
(www.alliancesouthasia.org, secular@mit.edu)
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*** CLOSING NIGHT ***
Sunday, September 18, 2005 @ 7 PM
Feature Film: SLOW JAM KING (Boston premiere!)
Directed by Steven E Mallorca
104 min, 2004
Slow Jam King skews genre lines and racial iconography, combining the
quirky characterizations of Rushmore with the hip-hop sensibilities of
Boyz N Da Hood, and the countrified outrageousness of Oh Brother Where Art
Thou?
JoJo Enriquez, a Filipino-American, poseur gangsta-pimp, thinks he hears
his call to the streets and carjacks Vance, a mysterious traveling perfume
salesman. In tow is Devaun, JoJo's best friend, who tries desperately to
protect Vance from JoJo, and JoJo from the law. But no one is safe from
JoJo's impulses, as the motley trio hits the road to Nashville, and slowly
succumb to an escapist adventure that takes them further away from JoJo's
reality, but closer to Vance's reality. When JoJo discovers the truth
about his reluctant road companion, the trip takes a turn that leads the
three of them to truth, love, and the dirty underbelly of the Nashville
country music scene.
DIRECTOR WILL BE PRESENT FOR SCREENING AND FOR PRE-SCREENING RECEPTION
(more details to come!)
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