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August 18, 2022

Watch ‘Free Chol Soo Lee’ in Select Theaters Nationwide
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Photography by: Bob Hsiang

Our CAAMFest40 Opening Night film Free Chol Soo Lee will be back in San Francisco for a limited engagement at the Roxie Theater, August 19-21. This week would have marked Lee’s 70th birthday, who was wrongfully imprisoned for a Chinatown murder during the 1970s. The documentary traces how these events sparked a pan-Asian movement. Three screenings at the Roxie Theater will be followed by live Q&As with directors Julie Ha and Eugene Yi.
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Read more about this CAAM-funded documentary and slice of Bay Area history and Asian American activism in Momo Chang’s interview with the filmmakers.
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_Historian’s Take:_ Why Kate Bush’ Viral Success from Stranger Things is Radical

Kate Bush’s 1985 song, “Running Up that Hill (A Deal With God),” has climbed to the top of music charts in 2022 and reached nearly 500 million streams. This song’s revival after 37 years is largely thanks to Season 4 of Stranger Things, where (spoiler alert) the song serves as a talisman for one of the characters to protect herself from the demons of an alternate universe. But our newest Historian's Take episode explains how this song’s overnight success reflects an unusual - and smart - deal for the musician. Watch this and all the videos in this CAAM-funded webseries on Youtube.

Community Screenings and Events
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Cane Fire

CAAM is proud to co-present the screening of Cane Fire at the Balboa theater on August 18! Director Anthony Banua-Simon will be there for a Q&A with author Jeff Chang after the film.
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Dealing with Dad

In case you missed it at CAAMFest40, we are happy to co-present a screening of Dealing with Dad on August 19 at Cinequest in San Jose. Use the following promo code CAAM7OFF to get a special $7 ticket for this and other Asian and Asian American films: Enduring Democracy, Distant Thunder, Seokkarae , and A Crack in the Mountain.
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Screening of Bloodline and Filmmaker Q&A

Join a special screening of the CAAM-funded film Bloodline, at 41 Ross on the evening of September 1, with a filmmaker Q&A featuring co-director James Q. Chan and Chef Tu David Phu. Part of artist-in-residence Connie Zheng's Table to Farm exhibition, this CAAM-funded food documentary explores Chef Tu's genesis as a chef and traces his culinary journey through the lens of family, diaspora, and food. Chan and Chef Tu will join for a Q&A afterward. RSVP at EventBrite.

Opportunities
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Kartemquin Peng Zhao and Cherry Chen AAPI Voices Fund

Kartemquin Films announced a new two-year funding opportunity to support Asian, AsianAmerican, Native Hawaiian, and/or Pacific Islander documentarians and the development of high-impact stories that reflect the varied experiences of their communities. Apply by September 6 for the Peng Zhao and Cherry Chen Fund for AAPI Voices at Kartemquin Films.
 

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