The filmmakers responsible for the hit independent film, The People I’ve Slept With, are joining together again to make Chink, the first Asian American serial killer movie. It is the directorial debut of Stanley Yung, the film is written by Koji Steven Sakai and produced by Stanley, Koji, and Quentin Lee. The film stars Jason Tobin (Better Luck Tomorrow and The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift) and Eugenia Yuan (Memoirs of a Geisha and The Eye 2).
They are hoping to raise at least ten thousand dollars to cover production expenses on USA Projects, created by United States Artists to expand its mission of investing in America’s finest artists. They plan on beginning production in the spring of 2012.
Chink is about an Asian American man who has internalized the racism he felt as a child and turned it into a hatred of all Asians – including himself. His anger and his desire to be like his hero (Ted Bundy) leads him to violence and ultimately to his dream of becoming the greatest serial killer in history.
The production team of Stanley Yung, Koji Steven Sakai and Quentin Lee have produced more than a half-dozen independent motion pictures. Their films have been exhibited on television, in theaters, and at major festivals such as AFI, São Paulo, Golden Horse in Taiwan, Toronto, and most of the Asian American and LGBT film festivals throughout the world.
USA Projects is a community where America’s finest artists and those that love and support them can share their latest work, discover new artists, enter into a dialog with each other, and make direct donations (of any size, all of which are tax deductible) to new projects created by each artist. This is the first website that allows direct public donations between art patrons and accredited artists on the Internet.
The Asian Law Caucus board of directors today announced the appointment of Hyeon-Ju Rho as the organization’s new executive director. Rho succeeds Mina Titi Liu, who announced in September that she would be stepping down.
“The Caucus’s vision of progressive API activism as part of a broader movement to secure equality and justice for all, is as relevant today as it was 40 years ago,” said Rho. “I am honored to be joining the talented team at the Caucus to build on this powerful legacy.”
Rho brings valuable litigation, advocacy and executive management experience to the position. She began her career as a trial attorney in the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice as part of the Attorney General’s Honors Program, and subsequently practiced poverty law as a staff attorney at the Urban Justice Center in New York City. Most recently, as the Country Director of the American Bar Association’s Rule of Law Initiative (ABA ROLI) China Program, Rho managed the national office and led the implementation of ABA ROLI’s social justice programs in areas including public interest lawyering, criminal justice reform, women’s rights and environmental protection.
Rho’s selection comes after the Caucus board conducted a nationwide search with assistance from CompassPoint Nonprofit Services.
A member of the Asian American Center for Advancing Justice, the Asian Law Caucus in San Francisco is the nation’s oldest organization advocating for the civil and legal rights of APIs. The mission of the Asian Law Caucus is to promote, advance and represent the legal and civil rights of API communities, with a focus directed toward addressing the needs of low-income, immigrant and underserved individuals. In addition to supporting clients with legal expertise, the Caucus seeks to bring together elements of policy advocacy and community organizing so that through one person’s individual struggle it is able to achieve broader results for the community.
The National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum is celebrating 15 years of progressive activism, sisterhood, and justice for Asian American and Pacific Islander women and girls by partnering with Angry Asian Man and Hyphen Magazine to honor the contributions of women leaders from our community.
NAPAWF, Mr. Angry and Hyphen have been highlighting community leaders – one per day since Oct. 24 – from the labor union powerhouses to the student activists to the working moms who are organizing in their neighborhoods. These fearless women are not only leading the way towards social change, they’re also raising funds for NAPAWF in honor of the 15th year anniversary.
Cheer these women on by donating on their behalf and support the work of NAPAWF who will continually fight for the rights and issues of our communities.
Here’s to the sisters!
Urooj Arshad, nominated by NQAPIA
Lisa Chen, nominated by ASPIRE
Zenei Cortez, nominated by FAJ
Caroline Fan, nominated by APALA
Lillian Galledo, nominated by Jean Tolentino
Lisa Hasegawa, nominated by Sandy Lee
Isabel Kang, nominated by Terry Park
Amy Lam , nominated by Anne Chiang
Jenny Lares, nominated by Peter DeCrescenzo
Theresa Navarro, nominated by CAAM
Sham-e Ali Nayeem, nominated by Jane Kim
Tram (Jas) Nguyen, nominated by Vinh Kim Vu
Stephanie Tanny, nominated by Brandon Iwamoto and Iimay Ho
Mari Rose Taruc, nominated by Ellen Choy
Monica Thammarath, nominated by Minhchau Dinh
Visit angryasianman.com to view the profiles, starting with Isabel Kang, the director of Shimtuh, a domestic violence and sexual assault program based at the Korean Community Center of the East Bay (KCCEB), a multi-service organization located in Oakland.
The filmmakers responsible for the hit independent film, The People I’ve Slept With, are joining together again to make Chink, the first Asian American serial killer movie. It is the directorial debut of Stanley Yung, the film is written by Koji Steven Sakai and produced by Stanley, Koji, and Quentin Lee. The film stars Jason Tobin (Better Luck Tomorrow and The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift) and Eugenia Yuan (Memoirs of a Geisha and The Eye 2).
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The National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum is celebrating 15 years of progressive activism, sisterhood, and justice for Asian American and Pacific Islander women and girls by partnering with Angry Asian Man and Hyphen Magazine to honor the contributions of women leaders from our community.