They played prostitutes, maids, butlers, laundry workers and craven villains. They were often denied substantive roles, equal pay and fair representation. Yet, they persevered. This Asian Pacific American Heritage […]
Category: TV
Q&A: Step Into The World of Animator and Cartoonist Aminder Dhaliwal
To celebrate APAHM and the launch of our new name, Character Media, we’ll be sitting down with notable Asian American creatives working in entertainment for a series of Q&As […]
Miya Cech Is One Of The Brightest Young Minds In Hollywood
In her role as Suzume Kimura in “The Darkest Minds,” Miya Cech has hardly any speaking lines—her character is mostly mute. But on the 12th floor of a hip […]
Throwback: Why ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ Is An Essential Element Of Millennial Nostalgia
Confession time: I had never seen “Avatar: The Last Airbender.” But a gopher at the Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area in Los Angeles ratted me out. After seeing the […]
The Ultimate List Of Asian American Superheroes
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s … an Asian American superhero? While invisibility is a useful superpower, it’s also one of the biggest villains of the Asian American […]
Propping It Up: 8 Pieces Of Asian American History We’d Love to See At The Smithsonian
As the museum’s website will tell you, the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center is not “a traditional museum with a public building,” an eloquent way of saying that real […]
Wondering If ‘We Gon’ Be Alright?’ According To This Must-See Series, Yes.
After reading his non-fiction work on racial injustice in America, one might imagine author Jeff Chang to have a voice like Christian Bale’s Batman in “The Dark Knight.” In […]
Take It From ‘Riverdale’ Star Charles Melton: Trust In Fate
Destiny didn’t come knocking on Charles Melton’s door. It rang his bell. Before the “Riverdale” star became Hollywood’s next big thing, he was pursuing his dream of playing in […]
Review: Just When You Thought You Didn’t Need Another Animated Show…Here Comes ‘Tuca And Bertie’
With thousands of shows vying for our attention, do we really need another adult animated TV show? Well, actually, yes. From the creators of the award-winning Netflix series “BoJack […]
Meet Ian Alexander—One of Hollywood’s Youngest And Most Outspoken Trans Activists
In front of the camera, Ian Alexander composes himself with the poise of an experienced model. As bars of electric colored lights are moved around his body for the […]
Foodies Unite: Feast Your Eyes On ‘Family Style’
Foodies have something new to look forward to. “Family Style,” a 12-episode, unscripted series produced by Asian American YouTube channel You Offend Me You Offend My Family aka YOMYOMF, […]
Review: Why You Should Be Watching Cinemax’s ‘Warrior’
A tall, dark stranger wanders off a boat filled with Chinese immigrant workers and surveys his destination, San Francisco in 1878: a hectic tableau buzzing with protesting Irish workers, […]
7 API Super Moms From Film and Television That Have A Place In Our Hearts
For Mother’s Day, we’re toasting our favorite API mothers and maternal figures on the small and silver screen. With mamas from the groundbreaking “Joy Luck Club” to the hilarious […]
Asian American Male Directors Are Getting More Filmmaking Opportunities … What About Women?
It was 1990 when a lightbulb went off in Christine Swanson’s head—“I can be a filmmaker.” She was then a timid half-black, half-Korean University of Notre Dame freshman, sitting […]
Meet Actor Mark Dacascos—The Martial Artist Behind Zero In ‘John Wick: Chapter 3—Parabellum’
It’s late morning in the tiny Conejo Valley hamlet of Westlake Village. Designed to look like an old world European farmhouse dropped into suburban L.A., the Stonehaus Wine Restaurant […]
