Asian American Movies

  • 2017
    Monday

    Monday

    Monday

    102017HD

    The 50+ time award-winning short film, MONDAY, follows a day in the life of a young hustler who ‘code-switches’ through disparate cliques...

    Monday
  • 1998
    Seventeen Years to Earth

    Seventeen Years to Earth

    Seventeen Years to Earth

    81998HD

    For 17 years, from the age of about six or seven, Kathy Chu keeps a diary. It's a complete fiction, denying disappointments (when her older sister...

    Seventeen Years to Earth
  • 2006
    The Legacy of Charlie Chan

    The Legacy of Charlie Chan

    The Legacy of Charlie Chan

    72006HD

    Short documentary on the screen depiction and public reception of fictional Chinese-American detective character Charlie Chan, as well as cultural...

    The Legacy of Charlie Chan
  • 1970
    Hi Dad

    Hi Dad

    Hi Dad

    01970HD

    A woman introduces her Chinese dad to her American Jewish boyfriend and manipulates their language barrier to keep everyone happy.

    Hi Dad
  • 2022
    perennials

    perennials

    perennials

    02022HD

    After a pineapple shows up at her front door, Lia returns to her childhood home in search of her father, who hasn’t been seen in months.

    perennials
  • 2017
    Nisei Soldiers: Japanese American G.I. Joes

    Nisei Soldiers: Japanese American G.I. Joes

    Nisei Soldiers: Japanese American G.I. Joes

    02017HD

    Leaving internment camps to defend their country in Europe, Japanese-American Nisei soldiers of WWII became the most decorated unit in American...

    Nisei Soldiers: Japanese American G.I. Joes
  • 2022
    Sunflower

    Sunflower

    Sunflower

    02022HD

    After being sexually assaulted by a well-respected professor, a reclusive Chinese American girl who grew up in an abusive family struggles to find...

    Sunflower
  • 2022
    Ardent One

    Ardent One

    Ardent One

    02022HD

    An experimental film that reflects on the past, encourages audiences to live in the present and look into the future with optimism.

    Ardent One
  • 2022
    People Unite!

    People Unite!

    People Unite!

    02022HD

    In the face of AAPI violence, an intergenerational coalition of Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian, People of Color organizers come together to...

    People Unite!
  • 2021
    Family Legend

    Family Legend

    Family Legend

    02021HD

    In 1916, twenty-year-old Marion Wong wrote and directed The Curse of Quon Gwon, the earliest example of an Asian American film. What initially...

    Family Legend
  • 2021
    Where No One Will Find Her

    Where No One Will Find Her

    Where No One Will Find Her

    02021HD

    Upon seeing her best friend Rin being assaulted and captured by her crime boss, Sung-Mi must decide if she will fight through bodyguards in order to...

    Where No One Will Find Her
  • 2021
    Asian American Eyz'd: An Immigrant Comedy Special

    Asian American Eyz'd: An Immigrant Comedy Special

    Asian American Eyz'd: An Immigrant Comedy Special

    02021HD

    Three Asian Americans tell their stories of immigration, growing up, assimilation, and finding themselves in this heartfelt stand-up comedy special.

    Asian American Eyz'd: An Immigrant Comedy Special
  • 1970
    Florence from Ohio

    Florence from Ohio

    Florence from Ohio

    01970HD

    Filmmaker Stephanie Wang-Breal sets out to cross the generational divide, confronting long-simmering tensions with her Chinese immigrant mother by...

    Florence from Ohio
  • 2013
    Becoming Ourselves: How Immigrant Women Transformed Their World

    Becoming Ourselves: How Immigrant Women Transformed Their World

    Becoming Ourselves: How Immigrant Women Transformed Their World

    02013HD

    A social justice organization based in Oakland-Asian Immigrant Women Advocates-focused on building the collective leadership of limited-English...

    Becoming Ourselves: How Immigrant Women Transformed Their World
  • 1970
    Self Tape

    Self Tape

    Self Tape

    01970HD

    A struggling actor's home is broken into by the famous acting coach, Sebastian Navarro Rodrigo Rivera, who offers to coach him.

    Self Tape
  • 2019
    Coby and Stephen are in Love

    Coby and Stephen are in Love

    Coby and Stephen are in Love

    02019HD

    Through handmade outfits and dancing, Coby, a 93 year old retired Chinatown nightclub performer, and Stephen, an artist twenty years her junior, find...

    Coby and Stephen are in Love
  • 1970
    The Empathizer

    The Empathizer

    The Empathizer

    01970HD

    Standup comedian Fred Le hears the stories of a diverse range of young overseas-born Vietnamese who made their way back to the land that their...

    The Empathizer
  • 1970
    Mandarins

    Mandarins

    Mandarins

    01970HD

    A black sheep attempts to eulogize her mother with a story about pigeons.

    Mandarins
  • 1970
    Crossroads

    Crossroads

    Crossroads

    01970HD

    On the eve of her sixteenth birthday, Shylo Song must decide whether she, her younger sister, and their grandmother should leave their childhood home...

    Crossroads
  • 2018
    The Playlist

    The Playlist

    The Playlist

    02018HD

    A film about a boy's turbulent time in high school.

    The Playlist