Amrit Kaur and Fawzia Mirza of “The Queen of My Dreams” attend SXSW film festival. (Photo by Francis Ray.) It’s sometimes hard to remember that your parents had lives before…
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Q&A: ‘We Were Dangerous’ Spotlights Adolescent Resilience in the Face of Hardship
The gall of a teenage girl can be a behemoth of a thing — stubborn, melodramatic, hard-to-handle and, sometimes, exactly what one needs to survive. Director Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu’s directorial…
Michelle Zauner Announces Book Deal ‘Crying in H Mart’
…Charly Bliss and the Better Oblivion Community Center. She even made the music video for her own hit song, “Boyish” which made it to this year’s SXSW festival. https://youtu.be/t3bjPGUDl1k In…
Giveaway: Win Tickets to YB’s Showcase at Hollywood’s Whiskey A Go Go
…tickets to the showcase! Two lucky winners will get the chance to see YB perform new songs from their upcoming English-language album before the band heads to the SXSW Music…
Q&A: How Anu Valia’s ‘We Strangers’ Centers Unheard Voices
…feel to see stories like “We Strangers” premiere at SXSW, one of the biggest film festivals in the country? KHB: I get to see it on Monday, but I haven’t…
‘Joy Ride’ Wins Audiences With Crude Comedy and True Heart
…so grateful.” “Joy Ride” was co-written by Cherry Chevapravatdumrong (“Family Guy) and Teresa Hsiao (“Awkwafina is Nora from Queens”). After shooting in 2021, it premiered at SXSW in March. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyI-AM5VXDo…
Looking For The Next Indie Musician To Be Obsessed With? Get To Know Sasami Ashworth
…later as a synth player for the indie rock band Cherry Glazerr. The magic of SXSW has somewhat worn off for her. “It’s kind of like a f-cked up summer…
June Cover Story: New Jamie Chung Film Brings Attention to Sex Trafficking
…Award, SXSW Chicken & Egg Emergent Narrative Woman Director Award (Megan Griffiths) and Special Jury Recognition for Performance (Jamie Chung). There’s an ease and lightness between them that belies the…
‘Twinsters’ to Hit Theaters Nationwide July 17
…by Futerman and Ryan Miyamoto, Twinsters premiered at the 2015 South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival, where it won the Jury Award for editing and was a Grand Jury nominee….
Epik High to Embark on North American Tour
…recently headlined the K-pop Night Out showcase at SXSW last month, which was the trio’s first U.S. performance in nearly six years. Formed in 2001 as an underground hip-hop group,…
Korea’s favorite rock band YB celebrates 20 years
…Resort and Casino Theater hours before the show. Three excited fans, Mir, Gina, and Maureen, wearing YB T-shirts from SXSW and Warped Tour, were the first to arrive. “[YB was]…
Top 7 Asian Pacific American-Directed Indie Films of 2017
…takes her and her audience across America to explore the meaning of freedom and its limits. The film won the SXSW Chicken and Egg Award for Best Documentary Feature and…
Bobby Choy’s Raw Honesty Sings In ‘Fiction and Other Realities’
…SXSW and an enviable track record of featured music on various film and television soundtracks. Bobby Choy in “Fiction and Other Realities” Please introduce yourself. My name is Bobby Choy….
YouTube Star Anna Akana Is Going Back To China In Her Latest Film
…be Akana’s first time being the female lead of a full-length movie. “Go Back to China” is set to have its world premiere on Saturday, March 9 at SXSW. https://twitter.com/sxsw/status/1096529725160337409…
Second Round with ‘Ktown Cowboys’
…time. It’s exciting,” Park says, during an interview with KoreAm at Tom ‘N Toms café, shortly before SXSW. Unapologetically raunchy with melodramatic beats, Ktown Cowboys puts its characters in slapstick…