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THE FEMALE VOICE: SHORTS BY ASIAN AMERICAN
WOMEN Men may dominate mainstream cinema, but in
the independent world, women's voices ring loud and clear. For
your enjoyment, a collection of some of the latest treasures from
Asian American women filmmakers. Co-presented by
SIS
Productions. FILMS:
UNDER: ELEGY by NaRhee Ahn
Northwest premiere
Narrative, USA 2002, 3 min.
A man who has lost a loved one in the World Trade Center
attack grieves by endlessly riding the subway beneath Ground
Zero.
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NaRhee Ahn is a past
president of the Asian American Filmmakers Collaborative and a
member of the steering committee for Asian CineVision's Asian
American International Film Festival. She is currently working
on her first feature PURITY. |
TOUGH GIRL by Leilani Abad
Northwest premiere
Narrative, USA 2002, 13 min. A girl shields herself from
the world until a boy challenges her to open herself to love.
* Finalist, Best Narrative Short,
US ASEAN Film Festival
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People's Choice Finalist,
Humboldt International Short Film
Festival
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Born in Honolulu, Hawaii,
Leilani T. Abad was pre-med as an undergraduate at UC Berkeley.
She subsequently enrolled in USC�s graduate film program and has
since produced a documentary, a short film and an experimental
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MOONLIGHT ELECTRIC by Risa
Morimoto
Northwest premiere
Narrative, USA 2002, 9 min.
Against all odds, Eric Rodriguez rises
to the challenge of realizing his dream
to attend Juilliard.
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Risa Morimoto is the
President of Edgewood Pictures, Inc., and the Executive Director
of Asian CineVision, a non-profit media arts organization in New
York City. |
DRIVING LESSONS by Susan Chiu
Narrative, USA 2002, 24 min.
After her father gets a promotion at work, a ten-year-old
girl comes to a new understanding of what kind of people her
parents really are.
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Former Catholic schoolgirl
and Bay Area resident Susan Chiu currently resides in Brooklyn.
She is a recent graduate of the NYU graduate film program and is
reputed to be an excellent driver. |
NOTHING ABOUT LOVE
by Wen-Yao Chuang
Seattle premiere
Experimental, Taiwan/USA 2003, 19 min.
A twenty-year-old woman's thoughts
and experiences about broken love.
* Best Experimental Film, San Diego
Asian Film Festival
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Wen-Yao Chuang is a graduate
of CalArts and is currently working as a commercial director at a
television station in Taiwan. |
DIRTY by Jean Joson
Northwest US premiere
Narrative, USA 2002, 6 min.
A germ freak, tired of being picked on,
challenges the office bully in a duel worthy
of a raise.
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Jean Joson, a
first-generation Filipina-American, hails from the San Francisco
Bay Area and has four short films to her credit (REUNION, SWAN
DIVE, DIRTY, and KASYA). She currently resides in New York City. |
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