NAATA

BROWSE BY SECTION


Selected by Guest Programmers in commemoration of NAATA’s 25th anniversary.
MANZANAR | DUPONT GUY | SEWING WOMAN
TRT: 65mins
SAT 03.12 | 1200PM Kabuki | MANZ12 | Purchase Tickets>>
Three groundbreaking and enormously influential documentaries offer a rare look at the early works of three of Asian American cinema’s visionaries.  This program, curated by Renee Tajima-Peña, highlights the pioneering films of Robert Nakamura, Curtis Choy and Arthur Dong. More info>>
A.K.A. DON BONUS
Directors: Spencer Nakasako, Sokly Ny
USA 1995 | 57mins
SAT 03.12 | 230PM Kabuki | AKAD12 | Purchase Tickets>>
Multiple award-winning video diary that follows Cambodian American teenager Sokly Ny (Bonus) through his tumultuous senior year of high school. An essential film in the Asian American canon that has only grown richer and more meaningful with time. With short PASSING THROUGH. Selected by Justin Lin. More info>>
FIRST PERSON PLURAL
Director: Deann Borshay Liem
USA/South Korea 2000 | 60mins
FRI 03.11 | 515PM Kabuki | FIRS11 | Purchase Tickets>>
Deann Borshay Liem’s intimate, personal exploration of the complicated landscape of trans-racial adoption, assimilation and mistaken identity. A powerful and emotionally revealing documentary that has won world-wide acclaim, FIRST PERSON PLURAL is essential viewing. Selected by Gurinder Chadha and Paul Mayeda-Berges. More info>>