HAPAS.US
CAAM is proud to present, in collaboration with artist Kip Fulbeck, HAPAS.US. This new interactive website is where multiracial Asian Americans Can share their stories about the hapa experience. Community members can post videos, words, audio, photos, and meet other hapas. HAPAS.US is an evolving collection of shared media from the rich landscape of multiracial Asian American.
PROFILE MAKING MIXER
Come to Festival Forum in the Japantown Peace Plaza on March 14, 2009, 12PM to 5PM, and check out HAPAS.US. Stations will be available for people to make profiles and upload images, as well as record and submit videos. Bring pictures of you and family members to submit to HAPAS.US digital image wall at Festival Forum.
WE ARE HAVING A HAPAS.US LAUNCH PARTY!
Enjoy light refreshments!
O Izakaya Lounge at the Hotel Kabuki ( a short walk from the Sundance Kabuki Cinemas )
1625 Post Street, San Francisco, CA 94115
5:00 PM - 7:00PM, Saturday, March 14, 2009
MULTIRACIAL / MULTIMEDIA
Saturday 3/14 - 1:00pm
Sakura Room ( in Hotel Kabuki )
Join an award winning group of panelists for a fascination exploration of race, media and innovation. Diffusing the boundaries of live action and animation; mixing the textures of film and video; using cell phones and social media websites as creative tools and delivery systems. These are but a few of the strategies employed to represent perspectives and experiences themselves defined by mixing and layering.
HALF-LIFE
Friday 3/13 - 8:20pm, Pacific Film Archive
Sunday 3/15 - 12:45pm, Sundance Kabuki 4
Tuesday 3/17 - 6:30pm, Sundance Kabuki 3
Saturday 3/21 - 7:00pm, Camera 10
Jennifer Phang | USA, 2008 | 106mins
Jennifer Phang’s debut feature potently captures the mounting tensions in two suburban Northern California families rocked by furtive sexuality and abandonment as the outside world crumbles around them. The children react in imaginative ways ranging from lyrical flights of animation to supernatural powers.
THE SPEED OF LIFE
Friday 3/13 - 9:15pm, Sundance Kabuki 4
Monday 3/16 - 9:00pm, Sundance Kabuki 3
Ed Radtke | USA, 2007 | 84 mins
Ed Radtke, whose THE DREAM CATCHER (SFIAAFF ‘00) was one of the most lyrical, sublime works in recent American cinema, returns with a new film of outsider characters attempting to (re)create the fantasies of their lives. The film boasts an aesthetic as ecletic as its heroes, with Radtke using multiple formats (super-8, 16mm, early video, etc) to enrich his poetic visual palette.
Friday 3/13 - 9:15pm, Sundance Kabuki 4
Monday 3/16 - 9:00pm, Sundance Kabuki 3
Ed Radtke | USA, 2007 | 84 mins
Ed Radtke, whose THE DREAM CATCHER (SFIAAFF ‘00) was one of the most lyrical, sublime works in recent American cinema, returns with a new film of outsider characters attempting to (re)create the fantasies of their lives. The film boasts an aesthetic as ecletic as its heroes, with Radtke using multiple formats (super-8, 16mm, early video, etc) to enrich his poetic visual palette.
DIAMOND HEAD
Sunday 3/15 - NOON, Castro Theatre
Guy Green | USA, 1962 | 107 mins
Charlton Heston plays King Howland the scion of a pineapple dynasty at an Oahu plantation who is courted as a senator for the new state, even though his racism is apparent to all. This film is a fascinating look at passion and prejudice set in 1959, the year Hawai’i was granted statehood and when interracial marriage was still a felony in several states.
MORE HAPA FILMS AT THE FESTIVAL
In conjunction with the launch of HAPAS.US, we would like to highlight works that are either multiracial Asian Americans or that touch upon issues of the mixed-race experience.
- The Love of Siam, Dir. Chookiat Sakveerakul
- Son of Golem, Dir. Alex Cheng
- Dim Sum & the Racetrack, Dir. Sulima Rodriguez*
- Five Fingers, Dir. Kevin Barker*
- Green Dolphin, Dir. Oliver Husain*
- Parallel Adele, Dir. Adele Pham*
- Shrivel, Dir. Oliver Husain*
- Suspended, Dir. Kimi Takesue*
- Yellow Sticky Notes, Dir. Jeff Chiba Sterns*
*indicates short films
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