West Coast premiere of the feature documentary FINDING KUKAN, directed by Robin Lung. Filmmaker Robin Lung investigates the case of Li Ling-Ai, the un-credited female producer of KUKAN, a landmark color film that revealed the atrocities of World War II China to American audiences. KUKAN has the rare honor of being the first ever American […]
Our next Talk Story event is coming up on Sunday, February 26 at 1:30pm. This month's event will focus on caregiving in the Chinese American community through discussion of the short film, "Caregiving: The Circle of Love." As always, our events are free and open to all. Join us!
Join us on the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year as we kick off the 1882 Foundation's sixth season of Talk Story Community events! On January 28th, 2017 through a collaboration with the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, we will be showing two short films -- "April 1968" and "The Fight is […]
As 2016 comes to a close, we will gather together to reflect and discuss the year of Talk Story events, and look forward to 2017 and beyond. The 1882 Foundation's Talk Story Events is entering its fifth year of monthly talks, film screenings, and community discussions on Chinese American topics. Many of these conversations have […]
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE Kukan (1941), one of the first documentaries honored with an Academy Award®, was long considered lost. A chronicle of Chinese resistance to Japanese aggression, the project was credited to Rey Scott, an adventurer who had never before made a film. When Hawaiian filmmaker Robin Lung learns that a driving force behind Kukan was […]
This Veteran's Day weekend, please join us for our upcoming Talk Story Event to honor our community's veterans. We will be gathering at the Chinese Community Church for a celebration and remembrance of Chinese American Veterans, with an open mic moderated by Jennings Wong.
