The Asian American Documentary Network (A-Doc) together with WORLD Channel and Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) have co-produced Asian American Stories of Resilience and Beyond for release in 2022, a series of 7 documentary shorts that move beyond the pandemic and reflect the complexities of AAPI experiences in this critical moment. While Asian Americans have faced a double pandemic of COVID-19 and anti-Asian racism, the rise of solidarity efforts within Asian American and other BIPOC communities gives us moments of joy, resilience, and hope as we rebuild our lives.
By: Neha Aziz
ON ALL FRONTS
Directed by: Joa Lee Grande
A Black-Indonesian family in Minneapolis open up about how they moved through the chaos of anti-Asian hate and racial reckoning; each member reveals experiences never shared before, and navigate the issues that have haunted them.
IN LIVING MEMORY
Directed by: Quyên Nguyen-Le
After the closure of their mother’s nail salon at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, a queer filmmaker works with their mother to recover and articulate the legacy of the salon for their refugee family.
CROSSROADS
Directed by: Sarita Khurana
In the aftermath of the 2021 FedEx mass shooting in Indianapolis, the Sikh community grieves the loss of four of its members while navigating the investigation into what happened and why it took place.
MY CHINATOWN, WITH ALOHA
Directed by: Kimberlee Bassford
Fourth-generation Chinese American Kimberlee Bassford explores her family’s relationship to Honolulu’s Chinatown and examines the parallels between the pandemic and the 1899 plague, and how the crises transformed the neighborhood
MALDITAS
Directed by: Bree Nieves
Two Filipinx cousins grapple with the remains of hometown dreams, after losing one father to the pandemic. The film explores tensions between parental loss, foreverness of childhood, and growing deeper in faith through grief
THE LOOKOUT
Directed by: J.P. Dobrin
Cambodian American refugee Chanthon Bun was convicted of second-degree robbery at 19 and lost legal protection to live in the U.S. Experiencing freedom after two decades, he is now threatened by the potential of deportation.
RECORDING FOR DODIE
Directed by: Francis Rubio
A Filipino-American daughter records and captures the experience of being physically distanced from her sick father, who has been isolated in his nursing facility during the height of the global COVID-19 pandemic
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