"Chinese Restaurants: Latin Passions" is a documentary about three Chinese restuarant owners in various South American countries. It looks like it could foster an interesting discussion of how Chinese-Latin-American life differs from the lives of Chinese Americans here in the states. What cultural shifts have they gone through? What has stayed the same? Are these shifts similar to those found in the Chinese American communities of the US?

Anyway, I'm going to see if I can make this one...it's up in SF only though but at least they have a Saturday screening.

del.icio.us digg reddit related permalink 03/10/06 07:37
filed under 2006-SFIAFF

I'm quite excited about the 2006 San Francisco (and San Jose) Asian American International Film Festival this year (as I am every year). And now we have the absolute right place to write about it. I really wish that there were more showings down in the Bay Area because it's just too difficult to get up into the city on a week night after a long day of work.

But I'll take what I can get down in the south bay and will feature all of the movies playing down in San Jose (and maybe a few from our West-Coast-Asian-Mecca neighbor to the north).

So here we go....

A young South Asian American teenager copes with personal and social demons during one hot summer in Queens. Examining the lives of desi youth in urban America, the film is a powerful meditation on identity, racism and redemption. This will be showing at the San Jose opening on March 24th (ah perfect, a Friday night!). After the screening there will be a reception which I'll probably attend along with my wife Hongyun. We hope to see you all there.

del.icio.us digg reddit related permalink 03/ 5/06 10:29
filed under 2006-SFIAFF AsianAmericana SanJose