May 10: Asian American feminist short films at Brooklyn Museum, New York, NY; 2PM
The Brooklyn Museum's Elizabeth A. Sackler's Center for Feminist Art is hosting a screening of short films made by Asian American filmmakers.
Curated by Arts Engine's Filmmaker Services Coordinator Felix Endara, the films include Media That Matters Film Festival winner Karen Lin's expansive visual interpretation of a Kelly Tsai spoken word performance, surrealist animation of Erica Cho, and experimental fiction of Larilyn Sanches and Riza Manalo, among others.
In addition to Lin's piece, two other Media That Matters festival winners will be screening as well. The films are highlighted in red below; click to watch online and find ways to take action about their respective issues.
Line up of filmmakers and films:
- Kai Ling Xue, A Girl Named Kai (8 minutes, 2005)
- Karen Lum, Slip of the Tongue (4 minutes, 2005)
- Nguyen Hoang, Cover Girl: A Gift From God (18 minutes, 2000)
- Larilyn Sanchez and Riza Manalo, Homebound (Balikbayan),
(5 minutes, 2003)
- Erica Cho, Are You Me? (3:30 minutes minutes, 2008)
- Erica Cho, Mechanical Gadgets, music video for Addicted2Fiction
(3 minutes, 2006)
- Marie Gaerlan, First Impressions, (with Janet Pants, 3:30 minutes 2008)
- Kathy Huang, Night Visions (7 minutes, 2006)
- Karen Lin, By-Standing: The Beginning Of An American Lifetime
(5 minutes, 2006)
A question-and-answer session follows the screening.
Screening is free with general museum admission.
(You need not line up for the Murakami ticketing; just proceed directly to General Admission - pay-what-you-wish.)
Brooklyn Museum
200 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn, NY 11238
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Posted by Felix Endara and Austra Zubkovs
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