The website for a non-profit organization that produces, distributes, and promotes documentary film on Asian American subjects and themes. CAAM also sponsors the annual San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival.
Documentary Films
The DVD collection is located on the ground floor of Terrell Library in the Current Journals room.
"Explores the portrayals of Asian men in American cinema, chronicling the experiences of actors who have had to struggle against ethnic stereotyping and limiting roles."
"Describes racial and gender stereotyping of Asian women in U.S. motion pictures as well as other filmic media, with "Reloaded" updating the original documentary by noting the effects of globalization and a changing population within the past 25 years."
Looks at the legacy of the case of Vincent Chin, a young Chinese American man who was attacked and killed at his bachelor's party at a suburban Detroit bar by current and former autoworkers who were unhappy with competition from Japanese auto manufacturers.
"When Tung Trinh, a survivor of the Bolinao 52, stepped foot onto a crowded boat one night in May 1988, she did not know it was a trip that would forever change her life...."
Classroom edition also available: DVD 2095
""Born on Cambodian New Year in a refugee camp, Socheata grew up in the United States not knowing about her family's past."