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Film Festival Pictures and Videos
Posted April 9, 2008 by in New Media, CAAM Events, Featured
SFIAAFF has wrapped up. Everyone here at CAAM had a wonderful time and met so many great people. We hope you had the same experience! Check out the videos and pictures that we and festival goers submitted over the past few weeks.
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Behind the Scenes: The Story Behind the Documentary OUT OF THE POISON TREE
Posted by rsotelo in Articles
In 1977, director and producer Beth Pielert was sitting in a Hebrew school class reading about Anne Frank who perished in the Holocaust and was told never to let something like the Holocaust happen again. But even at just age seven and 13,000 miles away, genocide was happening all over again in Cambodia.
Years later Pielert met a former Nuremberg prosecutor who sparked a theme for a film – people who were creators of justice after a great injustice had occurred. After being introduced to one of the founders of the Yale Cambodian Genocide Studies Program at Yale University, Pielert began researching films that had been made about Cambodia and discovered many detailed accounts of the genocide, but none that explored the forgiveness or reconciliation process – this was 1998.
Fast forward to 2006 where the subjects and characters of Pielert’s documentary, OUT OF THE POISON TREE, take us on a journey toward understanding what happened in Cambodia and how people have come to forgive after ‘The Killing Fields.’ It follows Thida Buth Mam, an American survivor of the Khmer Rouge, as she returns to her home country with hopes of unlocking the mystery of her father’s disappearance in 1975. Mam’s quest intersects with many silent voices: widows, survivors from remote villages, monks and even former perpetrators. Her search for the truth stirs up fractured pieces of one family’s nightmare, unearths an unimaginable heartbreak and ultimately shines light on a people’s broken silence. OUT OF THE POISON TREE is even more relevant today as the Khmer Rouge Tribunal proceedings continue on, prosecuting those who committed serious crimes during the 1975-1979 regime.
For more information and related classroom activities, download or print the nine-page OUT OF THE POISON TREE Educator’s Guide . The documentary is available on DVD for educational purchase or rental from CAAM Educational Distribution.
For other similar films about Cambodia, check out REFUGEE, THE FLUTE PLAYER and MONKEY DANCE
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YBCA presents NO BORDERS, NO LIMITS: 1960s NIKKATSU ACTION CINEMA
Posted April 2, 2008 by rsotelo in In Theatres
Presented for the first time in the US, this series celebrates the golden age of Japan's oldest and boldest film studio, NIKKATSU, with six super-stylized action films from the 50s to the 70s.
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CAAM presents BRICK LANE and STILL LIFE at SFIFF
Posted by rsotelo in CAAM Events, In Theatres
The Center for Asian American Media is proud to present BRICK LANE, directed by Sarah Gavron and STILL LIFE, directed by Jia Zhang-ke at the 51st San Francisco International Film Festival April 24 – May 8, 2008.
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Memoirs of a Superfan, Vol. 3.4
Posted March 28, 2008 by johnfong in Guest Blog, SFIAAFF
Seeing only two movies in two days might put a Superfan into withdrawals, but when they’re as good as THE HOME SONG STORIES and AMAL, you feel like you’re getting your full dose.
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UNNATURAL CAUSES airs on KQED this Thursday
Posted March 26, 2008 by rsotelo in On Public Television
A four-hour documentary series exploring our socio-economic and racial inequities in health. Airing four consecutive Thursdays at 10:00pm, March 27 to April 17, 2008.
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Om Shanti Om and Planet B-Boy Win Audience Awards
Posted March 25, 2008 by johnfong in SFIAAFF 2008, News, Uncategorized
At the conclusion of the screenings in San Jose that ran March 21 - 23, the winners of the Comcast Audience Awards were announced.
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The Festival on Jaman
Posted March 24, 2008 by johnfong in SFIAAFF 2008, Special
Starting on March 24th until April 3rd, 4 shorts and 1 feature length documentary from the 26th SFIAAFF will be up LIVE and FREE on Jaman.
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Filmmakers Discussion Panel, Saturday 3/22 3-5PM
Posted March 22, 2008 by johnfong in Event, Special, SFIAAFF
Join us for an intimate conversation at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library in San José, as three of the highlighted directors at this year's SFIAAFF discuss the art and craft of independent filmmaking.
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SFIAAFF Announces Winners!
Posted March 21, 2008 by johnfong in SFIAAFF 2008, News
The 26th SFIAAFF is proud to announce its 2008 award winners in the categories of Best Narrative Feature and Best Documentary Feature.
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