Asian, Asian American & Pacific Islander

THIS IS THE WAY WE RISE

Protecting Hawaiian sacred sites through art and poetry

Trailer for documentary "Tyrus" directed by Pamela Tom. Man painting on the floor in black and white. https://vimeo.com/210684465

His art inspired Bambi, his life will inspire you

Trailer for documentary "Unity Mosque" directed by Nicole Teeny. Rainbow socks next to mat. https://vimeo.com/742014338

A short film about one of the world's first Queer-affirming and gender-equal mosques

https://vimeo.com/349813970

WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE NOW?

Muslim, Catholic, Pagan, Buddhist, Lakota and Jewish millennials share their experiences in America

Trailer for documentary "What Do You Believe?" directed by Sarah Feinbloom. Five teenagers standing by bay. https://vimeo.com/390630701

WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE?

The religious and spiritual lives of American teenagers

Trailer for documentary "What We Left Unfinished" directed by Mariam Ghani. Person holding clapperboard. 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

“Wisdom Gone Wild” directed by Rea Tajiri. Daughter presses her noes against her mother who is in hospice. https://vimeo.com/866122140

WISDOM GONE WILD

A vibrant tender cine-poem; a filmmaker collaborates with her Nisei mother as they confront the painful curious reality of wisdom ‘gone wild’ in the shadows of dementia

https://vimeo.com/817806180

WRITING WITH FIRE

In a cluttered news landscape dominated by men, emerges India’s only newspaper run by Dalit and marginalised women.

Trailer for documentary "Zero Gravity" directed by Thomas Verrette. Three kids posing in outer space background. https://vimeo.com/756899043

Diverse middle schoolers compete in a NASA tournament to code surveying satellites that will orbit Mars

Asian, Asian American & Pacific Islander documentaries from GOOD DOCS