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Program 38
Directors Guild of America • 2:30 p.m. • Theatre 2
 
SEARCHING FOR ASIAN AMERICA
(USA, 2003) Dir.: Donald Young, Kyung Sun Yu, Sapana Sakya
Through intimate profiles of individuals and communities from across the country, this three-part series serves up a genuine taste of what it's like to be Asian American in today's ever-changing United States. SEARCHING FOR ASIAN AMERICA profiles Governor Gary Locke, the highest elected official of Asian descent on the mainland; Martin Bautista and Jeffrey Lim, Filipino immigrant doctors living in the predominantly Caucasian, hog-farming American heartland of Guymon, Oklahoma; and Lela Lee, a successful actress and creator of the underground comic and website “Angry Little Girls.”
Video, 87 min., color, Documentary
 
Preceded by
WITH HONORS DENIED
(USA, 2003) Director: Mimi Gan; Scr.: Mimi Gan, Jim Dever
Japanese bombs hit Pearl Harbor on a Sunday. The next day, Monday, marked the start of a young girl’s war. Yukiko Kubo Shiogi, an American betrayed by America, endured her family’s imprisonment during the darkest days of World War II. She lost her freedom and a cherished right of passage. But she never lost faith in her nation. Or herself.
Video, 15 min., color, Documentary
 
 
 

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