To this day, there has been a significant push to have Asian American representation and symbols to make sense of our inclusion. Part of that representation means we need a comprehensive scope of life for Asian Americans–the good and the bad. It becomes easy to equate individuals with the metaphor of inclusion, but how do […]
Do you ever watch a movie and see a checklist? Square format. Check. Skateboarding. Check. Insufferably aware, self-loathing, cynical main character. Super Check. I’ll be the first to tell you that it was a struggle for me to watch Every Day in Kaimukī. Maybe not every audience has seen this type of film before and […]
I’ll be honest: up until recently, I wasn’t a Marvel fan. I guess a part of it had to do with the fact that superhero movies existed in a realm outside of what I knew out here in suburban Asian American life. Those films didn’t seem to speak to me as an audience member, nor […]
Toxic stan culture reaches new heights in Antoinette Jadaone's harrowing 'Fan Girl.'
The image of Hawaii you probably have in your head is inextricably linked to the cultural production machine of film and tourism. Parallel to this are the generations long story of Indigenous peoples and labor organizing on the island. This is the image that Anthony Banua-Simon zooms in on in Cane Fire, a documentary that […]