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HEARTTHROBS
From dreamy knockouts to the rulebreaking rebels, these darlings take the silver screen by storm.
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UP TO 1950S | Fighting spirit | Heartthrobs
AMERICAN PASTIME
DIR: DESMOND NAKANO, 2007 | 107 MINS
Based on true events, Lyle Nomura is a star pitcher forced to leave behind a college scholarship when he and his family are suddenly interned at the Topaz Utah internment camp. As the Nomura’s start their own baseball team, tensions build to a final showdown with a rival team led by a racist prison guard.
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UP TO 1950S | HEARTTHROBS
THE CRIMSON KIMONO
DIR: SAMUEL FULLER, 1959 | 98 MINS
When a stripper is murdered in LA’s Little Tokyo, Japanese American detective Joe Kojaku (James Shigeta) and his partner Charlie Bancroft (Glenn Corbett) are assigned to the case—but their investigation is soon complicated by both romantic rivalry and racial tension.
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80S & 90S | Heartthrobs | FAmily appeal
The debut
DIR: gene cajayon, 2000 | 88 MINS
The ultimate testament to galvanizing the grassroots, THE DEBUT came out of nowhere to become one of the highest grossing self-distributed films in the US and a cornerstone of Asian American film. In this coming-of-age feature, Ben, a talented and ambitious high school senior, grapples with his Filipino heritage and his own American dreams in a series of conflicts that culminate on his sister's eighteenth birthday party.
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80S & 90S | Heartthrobs
FLOAT
DIR: TRISTAN SENIUK & VOLEAK SIP, 2017 | 24 MINS
Set in 1995 Seattle, this short follows the trials and tribulations of a Cambodian hustler named Rocky Mang who gets a wake-up call when a barista accepts his invite for a date.
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UP TO 1950S | heartthrobs
FORBIDDEN CITY, USA
DIR: ARTHUR DONG, 1989 | 56 MINS
This fascinating documentary examines the history of the nation’s premiere all-Chinese nightclub, Forbidden City, a popular San Francisco nightclub during the 1930s. Like the Cotton Club of Harlem which featured America’s finest African American entertainers, Forbidden City gained an international reputation with its unique showcase of Chinese American performers in eye-popping, all-American extravaganzas.
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UP TO 1950S | hEARTTHROBS | LGBTQ
Golden Gate Girls
DIR: S. Louisa wei, 2013 | 107 MINS
A look at one of Asian American cinema's most fascinating and elusive figures, the savvy and dandyish director Esther Eng, who as a queer, female director in California in the 1930s-40s was so far ahead of her time we're still struggling to keep up.
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80S & 90S | BIG MOMENTs | HEARTTHROBS
GOOK
DIR: JUSTIN CHON, 2017 | 94 MINS
On April 29, 1992, Eli will get a black eye and “gook” scribbled on the hood of his car, reminders that he’s not wanted in the neighborhood where he owns a shoe store. In that store, on this day, with the Rodney King verdict playing on TV, he and others in the community are going to confront the pain festering on both sides of the graffiti.
Join us Thursday, May 21 at 6:30PM PT for a special Q&A discussion between filmmaker Justin Chon and Pac Arts Founder Lee Ann Kim!
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2000S | fighting spirit
minding the gap
DIR: bing liu, 2018 | 98 MINS
Three young skateboarding friends bond together to escape volatile families in their Rust Belt hometown. As they face adult responsibilities, unexpected revelations threaten their decade-long friendship.
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80S & 90S | Heartthrob
seoul searching
DIR: benson lee, 2015 | 105 MINS
Don’t you forget about 1986, when the Latin Lover collided with the punk and the pastor’s daughter on a Seoul summer camp for overseas Korean youth to discover their roots. And by roots, we mean soju, laughs, and that weird science of young love.