Join us for a community movie night and conversation with film-maker Crystal Kwok as we screen Blurring the Color Line, an award-winning documentary that goes beyond the Black-and-white narrative of American racial history. Blurring the Color Line follows director Crystal Kwok on a personal journey of discovery, uncovering how her grandmother's family navigated life as […]
Join us May 13th, 5:30 - 7:30 for 3 Chinese American documentaries + discussion panel at 1002 Cruess Hall at UC Davis. We often think of Chinatowns in cities like San Francisco or New York when we think about Chinese communities. But the Chinese were a key part of California's agricultural history. What can we […]
Join us for a conversation with Crystal Kwok on her documentary, Blurring the Color Line! Director Crystal Kwok will discuss her documentary, Blurring the Color Line, with others who will provide different perspectives of growing up as an Asian American. Light refreshments and snacks will be provided. Film Synopsis: Blurring the Color Line follows director […]
Join us for a free community film screening of Big Fight in Little Chinatown, a feature documentary by director Karen Cho. Big Fight in Little Chinatown is a story of community resistance and resilience. Set against the backdrop of the COVID pandemic and an unprecedented rise in anti-Asian racism, the documentary takes us into the […]
Where did the Chinese sit on the bus during Jim Crow segregation? Join us for a conversation with film director Dr. Crystal Kwok and her cousin LeAnna Morgan, who address this question in the documentary Blurring the Color Line as they unpack their family history as grocery store owners in a Black neighborhood in Augusta, […]
Join 1882 Foundation, OCA-DC, MLK Library, Georgetown University's Vietnamese Student Association, & Bad Axe director, David Siev for a screening of "Bad Axe: Our American Dreams," a film documenting one family's story to build a livelihood in America, followed by a community conversation about our common struggle to ensure a future for ourselves and the […]