#ChloeZhao #LeeIsaacChung and the new gen talents may or may not know about the warrior pioneers who fought the good fight for Asian American filmmaking.
That's ok. #LoniDing #LindaMabalot #SteveTatsukawa #JimYee and so many more would just love their movies. #Minari #Nomadland
Throwback to 5/26/09: #Bolinao52 won 2 Emmys, normalized dialogues about unspeakable traumas of war; ushered 1000s of healing journeys. #APIAHM #MentalHealthAwareness
Dir. Đức dedicated this, to THE late 'Godmom of Asian-Am films” #LoniDing @ min 2:52.
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TUNE IN ALL DAY this Thursday, May 27 on twitch.tv/bavcpreserve to stream works by #LoniDing preserved by BAVC Preservation! 8:00am Pacific til 2:00am the next day. The series includes two films that helped facilitate the passage of the 1988 Civil Liberties Act. #AAPIHeritageMonth
Proud that PBS, @WETA and itvaluations.co.uk rebroadcast #AsianAmericansPBS , the docuseries i produced with filmmakers Jean Tsien S Leo Chiang 江松長 Geeta Gandbhir Grace Lee Don Young and CAAM founded in the late 70s by legendary #LoniDing 11/14