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The ‘Stars International Film Festival’ celebrates diversity in film
by Erin Chew The Inaugural Stars International Film Festival rolled out its red carpet on November 12, 2023, in Los Angeles (LA). The festival opened with Bhutan’s entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards - Monk and the Gun. This marked the first among a showcase of films that...
2023 resource guide for services to the AAPI Community
By Lindsay Wang, AsAmNews, Maya Seo & AsAmNews Staff and Volunteers (AsAmNews updated this guide originally published May 1, 2022 on April 30, 2023) In 2021, AsAmNews published what is arguably the most comprehensive guide ever to supporting the Asian American community. This year to kick off AAPI Heritage Month, we...
Award winning Sundance fish tale pits tradition against technology
By Jana Monji, AsAmNews Arts and Culture Reporter Fishing as a hobby or sport is a world away from the daily worries of Rakesh and Ganesh, the focus of director Sarvnik Kaur's documentary, Against the Tide. The film won the World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Vérité Filmmaking at...
Record high 21 AANHPI members in the 118th Congress
By Jessica Xiao, AsAmNews Staff Writer Representative Shri Thanedar (MI-13) immigrated to the US from India at 24 years old, started eight businesses, and raised two sons. Because he had achieved the American dream, he told AsAmNews, it was time for him to give back, because a lot of...
2023 resource guide for services to the AAPI Community
By Lindsay Wang, AsAmNews, Maya Seo & AsAmNews Staff and Volunteers (AsAmNews updated this guide originally published May 1, 2022 on April 30, 2023) In 2021, AsAmNews published what is arguably the most comprehensive guide ever to supporting the Asian American community. This year to kick off AAPI Heritage Month, we...
2022 DC South Asian Film Festival features quality independent films from the region
A former “Good Indian Mother” regains her agency while running her own WhatsApp sari shop. A man travels across four Indian states as he compiles a dictionary of four languages- Malayalam, Kannada, Tamin, and Telugu. A persecuted Rohingya girl, and a boy from the contested Kashmir region, connect and...
A resource guide to supporting the AAPI Community
By Lindsay Wang, AsAmNews Associate Editor Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community has experienced an exponential growth in anti-AAPI hate and violence. Every week, social media feeds are flooded with news reports of assaults and attacks on the elderly, the...
Ordinary Asian Indians are the Heroes in Hotel Mumbai Starring Dev Patel
By Jana J. Monji The supposed motto of a particular hotel is "Guest is God." But not all guests are good and sometimes gods cannot save themselves. Hotel Mumbai is, like Hotel Rwanda, based on true events. The events in Rwanda were of ethnic origin and lasted several months...
Raw Energy Explodes from Only South Asian-driven Comedy Festival in U.S.
By Sid Sharma “Should we do the banner here?” Sam asks. Considering the foot traffic, he pauses for a second. “No, you’re right,” he tells his co-producer, Abhay. “This is better.” He then picks up the phone and starts a conversation in Hindi. With that issue resolved, the two turn to...
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