“Free Chol Soo Lee,” the opening night feature of CAAMFest40, tells the story of a Korean American death row inmate convicted of a 1973 Chinatown gangland murder in San Francisco, and the activists who led a pan-Asian American movement to free him.
Once upon a time, a film festival was born in San Francisco, doing what was then a rarity in the country: presenting Asian movies and the work of Asian American actors, writers, directors and producers.
When talking about Center for Asian American Media and CAAMFest, credit must be given to its older sister: the San Francisco International Film Festival. Its first season, in 1957, featured Akira Kurosawa’s “Throne of Blood” and Satyajit Ray’s “Pather Panchali,” among other Asian masterpieces, and that curatorial trend has continued admirably through the decades.
“It’s clear that Asian American talent, in front of and behind the camera, are now finding great success,” said Gong. “But with anti-Asian hate still causing havoc within our communities, it’s also clear that presenting stories that promote understanding and empathy of the richness and diversity of Asian American experiences is just as important as ever.”
– Martika Ramirez Escobar’s “Leonor Will Never Die,” about an aging filmmaker who becomes the hero of her own unfinished TV script, which is the May 14 centerpiece presentation for narrative at the SFMOMA’s Phyllis Wattis Theater. – Longman Leung’s “Anita,” the story of Anita Mui, the Hong Kong singer and “Cantopop icon” on May 19.
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