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LATE-NIGHT SHORTS PROGRAM: LET'S TALK ABOUT SEX A series of short films exploring Asian
American sexuality, culminating in MASTERS OF THE PILLOW, an
unprecedented documentary about UC Davis professor Darrell
Hamamoto's attempt to repair the sexual image of Asian American males by producing an Asian American erotic film. Without a
doubt, you will have never seen anything quite like it. NOTE: Due
to explicit content of a graphic and/or sexual nature, you must be
18 or older to attend this program -- no exceptions. FILMS:
STERILIZED CHERRY by Susan Choi
Seattle premiere
Animation, Korea/USA 2002, 3 min.
A critique of stereotypical images of
Asian women utilizing images of Lolita
set against pin-up photos and schoolgirl
video clips of the artist.
* Official Selection, Kwangju Biennale 2002
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Susan Choi is a multi-media
artist based in Los Angeles. Born in Seoul Korea in 1975, she
moved to Los Angeles at age 11. Her work investigates the
relationships of power negotiated through one's gender,
sexuality, and ethnicity. |
THE QUEST FOR LENGTH by Gene
Rhee
Seattle premiere
Mockumentary, USA 2001, 17 min. A man goes on a quest to
increase the size of his penis and finds out more than he
bargained for.
* Official Selection, Sundance Film Festival
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Best Comedy Shorts of 2002, American
Cinematheque
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A graduate of the USC film
school's Peter Stark Program, Gene Rhee has sold or optioned
projects to Dreamworks SKG, Fox Family Channel, and Hallmark
Entertainment and is currently attached to direct the feature
film FORSAKEN SEOUL for Maverick Films. |
ASIAN PRIDE PORN by Greg Pak
Narrative, USA 1999, 3 min.
An infomercial spoof in which Tony award-winning playwright David Henry Hwang
hawks progressive pornography featuring
smart Asian women and sexually empowered
Asian men.
* Audience Award, SinCine Film Festival, NYC
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Greg Pak is an award-winning
writer and director. He also edits FilmHelp.com and
AsianAmericanFilm.com, and he was recently named one of "25
Filmmakers to Watch" by Filmmaker Magazine. |
MASTERS OF THE PILLOW (work-in-progress cut) by James Hou
Documentary, USA 2003, 60 min.
Darrell Y. Hamamoto, a professor of Asian American Studies at
the University of California, Davis, specializes in media and
popular culture. He is also an amateur adult video producer
striving to eroticize Asian American sexuality through a yellow
porno movement. Interviews of popular Asian American artists are
combined with explosive behind-the-scenes footage of the making
of Hamamoto's debut film.
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James Hou was born and
raised in San Francisco. His first short fiction film THE PICKUP
screened last year at the Hawaii International Film Festival,
San Diego Asian Film Festival, Chicago Asian American Showcase
and the Hip Hop Film Fest. He is currently developing a feature
film which he plans to direct. |
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