Daily Archives: April 7, 2010

30 Years in 30 Seconds with CAAM

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30 Years in 30 Seconds with CAAM

If you weren’t at the 2010 San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, you missed these 30 second shorts celebrating 30 Years of the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM). Here’s a list of the shorts that were shown before each screening:

AND ACTION dir. by Marisa Aroy
WHAT I’M NOT dir. by H.P. Mendoza
BECAUSE dir. by Jason Luz
CAAM VS. HOLLYWOOD dir. by Spencer Nakasako
CHRISTINE CHOY dir. by Adele Pham
DOCUMENT YOUR LIFE dir. by Geeta Patel

There’s a wide range of creativity in these pieces from Robot Chicken-esque to a PC vs Mac spoof to a short musical. If you watch carefully, you’ll see Roger Fan and Sung Kang.

30 Years in 30 Seconds with CAAM

Dark Matter on Hulu

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Dark Matter on Hulu

We’ve posted about the film Dark Mattter in the past. A few years back it was on the Asia American film festival circuit. The movie already had a DVD release and now has found its way on to Hulu. This film isn’t for everyone. Dark Matter is loosely based on the 1991 University of Iowa school shootings. Here’s more about the film:

Dark Matter delves into the world of Liu Xing, a Chinese science student pursuing a Ph.D. in the United States in the early 1990s. Driven by ambition, yet unable to navigate academic politics, Liu Xing is inexorably pushed to the margins of American life, until he loses his way.

The films give some perspective of the struggles of overseas students studying in the United States. Also take a look at the Dark Matter website. It has a great section to help facilitate discussions about Asian cultural assimilation, campus violence, and science education.

Wong Fu Productions Spring 2010 Update

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Wong Fu Productions Spring 2010 Update

Wong Fu Productions has a very busy Spring schedule ahead of them. They’ve already kicked off their 2010 Spring Tour, so get out there and meet them if they’re near your city. Not only do they have new offices, but they have a whole bunch of videos waiting to be released starting in April. Besides Wong Fu Weekends, they’ve got new music video with AJ Rafael, David Choi, and KevJumba. Also in the works are short films (remember When Five Fell?) and a new web series, Funemployed, with 12 episodes.

channelAPA update with Wong Fu Productions at 2010 San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival (SFIAAFF)

Wong Fu Productions Spring 2010 Update

Nothin’ On My Head Bad by Tommy C x The BeatBox HitMan

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Tommy C from IBU continues his collaborative ways this time with The BeatBox HitMan. The pair do a 3 song acapella medley with Nothin’ On U – B.oB. & Bruno Mars, In My Head – Jason Derulo, U Got It Bad – Usher. It’s hard to believe the song is in acapella, but it is. If you like it, you can download it FREE here with beats or here without beats.

Here’s more collabos that Tommy C has been on recently: Wedding Dress Remix, Perfect Two Remix, Baby Remix, Replay, Bedrock. (He’s on fire. Someone get him an original beat. He’ll blow it up.) The BeatBox HitMan also did a Telephone collabo with Erin of Rin on the Rox

BTW – If you’re a female singer, Tommy C is looking for a partner for his Superhuman cover he’s working on. Post a video response to his video here.

Nothin’ On My Head Bad by Tommy C x The BeatBox HitMan

That’s Not My Name Mashup by afterschoolspecial x Ting Tings

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That's Not My Name Mashup by afterschoolspecial x Ting Tings

Here’s a mashup by afterschoolspecial x Ting Tings. It fuses “That’s Not My Name” by the Ting Tings with NAME by afterschoolspecial.

Check out some of the other songs by afterschoolspecial Future Rockstars of America, Not One for Words, and Bad Education. Pick up their latest EP “Not One for Words” on afterschoolspecial - Not One for Words or at Amazon.

That’s Not My Name Mashup by afterschoolspecial x Ting Tings

NAME by afterschoolspecial

Asian Kid sings like Whitney Houston

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Asian Kid sings like Whitney Houston

This video is also making the rounds online. A chubby Asian kid, Lin Yu Chun, with a bowl cut and bow tie belted out “I Will Always Love You” by Whitney Houston. Some are comparing him to Susan Boyle from Britian’s Got Talent. This kid’s got major skills. This is only the second round in the Taiwanese singing competition Super Star Avenue. How far will this kid go?

Asian Kid sings like Whitney Houston (singing starts at 1:10 mark)