Asian and Asian-American
My America: Honk If You Love Buddha
with Michael Sturges
Friday, 10:00 am, Culbreth
Spencer Tracy is a one-armed stranger come to a desert town to deliver an important package, only to find hostility, suspicion, and a deep secret. Director John Sturges makes great use of CinemaScope to tell an intimate story on a grand scale. Charlottesville High School tickets are generously sponsored by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences.
Koryo Saram: The Unreliable People
with producer Meredith Woo
Friday, 12:30 pm, Campbell Hall 160
Executive produced by new Arts and Sciences Dean Meredith Woo, this documentary examines the lives of some 180,000 individuals of Korean origin forcibly relocated by Joseph Stalin from the Eastern provinces of Russia to the unsettled steppe country of Central Asia.
My America: Honk If You Love Buddha
with director Renee Tajima-Peña
Friday, 4:15 pm, Regal Downtown #3
Documentary filmmaker Renee Tajima-Peña scours America in search of answers regarding the media’s stereotypical Asian-American, and in the process finds a wide variety of individuals who break every mould. Followed by Tajima-Peña’s short film, Skate Manzanar.
Friday, 7:00 PM, Regal Downtown #4
Filmed over the course of 23 years, acclaimed cinematographer Ellen Kuras and Thavisouk Phrasavath’s film traces a family’s journey from war-torn Laos to the streets of New York.
with directors Sean Baker and Shih-Ching Tsou
Friday, 10:15 pm, Regal Downtown #3
Ming Ding (Charles Jang), an illegal immigrant working for a Chinese take-out shop in Manhattan, encounters countless apartment dwellers who simply see him as an anonymous and faceless delivery boy. Employing a neo-realist style, the film follows Ming across the social and economic extremes of an upper Manhattan neighborhood.
with director Renee Tajima-Peña
Saturday, 10:15 am, Regal Downtown #3
Classic political documentary co-directed by featured festival guest Renee Tajima-Peña. An Asian-American automotive engineer is murdered by Detroit assembly-line worker who blames Japanese auto makers for the loss of his job.
