Item details

Date

Saturday, October 19, 2024 12:30PM

Location

South Broadway Cultural Center

Name

ACAFF Afternoon Session

Description

The Chinese American Citizens Alliance - Albuquerque Lodge presents the 8th Annual Chinese American Film Festival. This film festival strives to select films that highlight the complexities, joys and challenges of the Chinese American experience through the beauty of storytelling. The theme of this year's festival focuses on films that demonstrate the hope and courage Chinese Americans have exhibited in the face of racism and discrimination. 

Afternoon Session Schedule:

12:30 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. - Sight (PG-13): The inspiring true story of Ming Wang, an impoverished Chinese prodigy who flees Communist China to become a pioneering eye surgeon in America and is tasked with restoring the sight of an orphan from India who was blinded by her step mother.

2:30 p.m.- 3:25 p.m. - Panel discussion: Jennifer Takaki, Photographic Justice, Filmmaker Kenneth Eng, Being Different in the Delta's Ryan Kwan, join moderator Rusty Chan, National President of Chinese American Citizens Alliance, to discuss topics such as how films and stories can have an impact in combating racism as well as the important issues Asian Americans are facing at this time. 

For more information on The Chinese American Citizens Alliance - Albuquerque Lodge visit: http://www.cacaabq.org/ 

Admission: Free

South Broadway Cultural Center's John Lewis Theatre is located at 1025 Broadway Blvd SE, Albuquerque, NM 87102