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Asian American Stories of Resilience and Beyond show's poster
Indie Films
2022
Asian American Stories of Resilience and Beyond

My Chinatown, With Aloha

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. The series of seven documentary shorts move beyond the pandemic and reflect the complexities of Asian American experiences in this critical moment.

My Chinatown, With Aloha

Asian American Stories of Resilience and Beyond Shorts Episode 4 | 9m 51s | CC

A fourth-generation Chinese American, filmmaker Kimberlee Bassford explores her family’s relationship to Honolulu's Chinatown. She also examines the parallels between the COVID-19 pandemic and the 1899-1900 bubonic plague in Hawai‘i, highlighting the ways the two public health crises transformed the iconic neighborhood then and now.

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A co-production of the Asian American Documentary Network, WORLD Channel, and the Center for Asian American Media.

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