Asian, Asian American & Pacific Islander Studies

Trailer for documentary "A Place To Breathe" directed by Michelle Grace Steinberg. Nurse helping woman. https://vimeo.com/466756881
A PLACE TO BREATHE
explores the universality of trauma, resilience, and healing in immigrant communities
Trailer for documentary "American Revolutionary" directed by Grace Lee. Lady smiling and looking at camera. https://vimeo.com/73748800
AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY
The life of Chinese-American civil rights activist Grace Lee Boggs
Trailer for documentary "And Then They Came For Us" directed by Abby Ginzberg and Ken Schneider. Family photo in black and white. https://vimeo.com/259970632
AND THEN THEY CAME FOR US
Incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII and the demise of civil liberties
Trailer for documentary "Ask The Sexpert" directed by Vaishali Sinha. Man sitting in chair wearing orange shirt and looking at camera. https://vimeo.com/266957484
ASK THE SEXPERT
A longtime sex advice columnist gains popularity against the backdrop of a ban on comprehensive sex education in schools in India
Trailer for documentary "Chinatown" directed by Yi Chen. Three people holding paper sign. https://vimeo.com/534671679
CHINATOWN
Three senior activists fight for housing rights in DC’s historic Chinatown
Trailer for documentary "Curtain Up!" directed by Hui Tong and Kelly Ng. Teacher and student learning dance. https://vimeo.com/538896209
CURTAIN UP!
While preparing to stage the musical Frozen, Chinatown kids discover their own cultural identities
Trailer for documentary "First Vote" directed by Yi Chen. Four people in four squares. https://vimeo.com/552035060
FIRST VOTE
Asian American voters in battleground states
https://vimeo.com/430548247
LEFTOVER WOMEN
Modern Chinese women juggle love life with careers in a society that frowns on singlehood
https://vimeo.com/493517701
MY AMERICA...OR HONK IF YOU LOVE BUDDHA
An Asian American Road Odyssey Set Amidst a Subculture of Rappers, Debutantes & Freedom Fighters
https://vimeo.com/235430953
OUT OF STATE
Native men return to Hawaii after their cultural reawakening at a private prison in the Arizona desert
https://vimeo.com/388046784
PAD YATRA - A GREEN ODYSSEY
A bottom up environmental movement: One Buddhist trek to save the Himalayas
https://vimeo.com/655131084
PUSHED UP THE MOUNTAIN
A poetic and personal film about plants and the people who care for them
https://vimeo.com/112421725
SOMEWHERE BETWEEN
Chinese adoptees navigate their multicultural identities and adolescence
https://vimeo.com/589095545
SPEAKING IN TONGUES
Amidst the rise of “English-only” initiatives, four diverse American students in language immersion schools open their minds to new ways of thinking
https://vimeo.com/699551699
THIS IS THE WAY WE RISE
Protecting Hawaiian sacred sites through art and poetry
https://vimeo.com/210684465
TYRUS
His art inspired Bambi, his life will inspire you
https://vimeo.com/349813970
WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE NOW?
Six Stories. Seventeen Years. The Spiritual Journeys of American Millennials.
https://vimeo.com/390630701
WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE?
The religious lives of American teenagers
https://vimeo.com/361927570
WHAT WE LEFT UNFINISHED
The story of five unfinished Afghan Communist films, and just how far artists will go to keep making art in times of war and political repression