Item details

Date

Saturday, October 19, 2024 3:30PM

Location

South Broadway Cultural Center

Name

ACAFF Youth 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. The Youth Session focuses on the community's youth, with awards honoring young filmmakers, a perfroamnce from the Chinese American Youth dancers, Kung Fu demonstrations, along with the showing of an animated short and feature film. 

Youth Session Schedule:

3:30 p.m. - 3:50 p.m. - Awards to Young filmmakers, Kung Fu Demonstrations and The C.A.C.A, Youth Dance Troupe: During ths time $50 Honorariums will be awarded to UNM students Asiana Lee (Pipe Dreams) and Davin Lee (LIMN) for their short films shown during the Morning Session.

3:55 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. - Two animated films for children, Little Explorer and The Tiger's Apprentice. 

Little Explorer: A short animated educational feature for children by Marc Anthony Liu (10 minutes)

The Tiger's Apprentice (rated PG): The story of Tom Lee, a Chinese-American boy, who after the death of his grandmother, has to be apprenticed to the talking tiger Mr. Hu and learn ancient magic to become the new guardian of an ancient phoenix.

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