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| Showtimes | Sat March 13 12:30 PM / KAB313B |
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Still from Harmony Lee
A watch that takes more than a year to fix, the glamour of working at Hot-Dog-on-a-Stick...you play doctor/therapist/patient to these shorts exploring cultural, spiritual and social dilemmas. Take six of these and call somebody—anybody—in the morning. TRT: 96 mins
—James Chan
USA, 1998, 21 mins, 16mm, color, English;
Director Nathan KUROSAWA (in person)
The story of a gifted child aspiring to be average.
USA, 1998, 9 mins, 16mm, color, English;
Director Richard YI (in person)
Street Fighter, Tom and Jerry cartoons, and the L.A. riots: the relationship between two good friends is tested when school lets out early one day.
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USA, 1998, 17 mins, 16mm, color, English & Mandarin w/e.s.;
Director Chesley CHEN (in person)
Haunted by an abusive past, Jeremy locks himself in a sanitarium and seeks solace in origami.
USA, 1998, 9 mins, 16mm, color, English;
Director Vivian UMINO (in person)
Veteran actors Sab Shimono, Clyde Kusatsu, and Takayo Fischer play second-generation Japanese Americans who cannot escape their past nor each other. At times beautiful, sad, and ridiculously funny, this film captures everything wonderful and hateful about dysfunctional love.
USA, 1998, 27 mins, 35mm, color, English;
Director Steven K. AKAHOSHI (in person)
Racial tensions fly between African Americans and Korean immigrants during the O.J. Simpson car chase. The film’s strong cast brings a fresh perspective on a familiar theme.
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U.K., 1998, 14 mins, 35mm, color, English;
Director Paul Mayeda BERGES
Set in the Chinese community of Liverpool, England, BLUE FUNNEL follows Daniel, the son of a Chinese sailor and a local English girl. Duty-bound to return his father’s ashes to his ancestral village, Daniel realizes the difficulty of his task as he struggles to learn where "home" really is.