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2018: A Year in Asian-American Media

By Annie Wang and Tiffany Chan Edited by Morgan Moore With awards season wrapping up, it is safe to say that 2018 was a tremendous year for the Asian American experience in film and television. Last year we saw more Asian American (AA) actors and entertainers taking center stage and more stories written specifically about […]Read Post ›

Crazy Rich Asians: A Conversation with Annie and Tiffany

Crazy Rich Asians dominated the American box offices in August and has been the topic of much conversation in the Asian American community since the trailer was first released in the Spring. This is the first Hollywood film since 1993’s Joy Luck Club with a full cast of Asian American leads (which incidentally uses some […]Read Post ›

Behind Bao: A Conversation with Pixar’s Domee Shi and Becky Neiman-Cobb

Domee Shi and Becky Neiman-Cobb are the Director and Producer pair behind Pixar’s latest animated short film, Bao. Both Domee and Becky have been at Pixar for several years, but this is the first time they are stepping into their respective roles for this particular project. Becky is a photographer and has worked on several […]Read Post ›

Profiles in Art: Kimberly M. Wang, Eardog Productions

Kimberly M. Wang is a veteran television Director and Producer who has since pivoted into brand-storytelling photography. Based in New York City, Kimberly creates photo-based feature stories for magazines and other publications. These stories often feature prominent creatives and artists at the top of their fields. She also creates portraiture and video content for entrepreneurs […]Read Post ›

Profiles in Art: Marina Taylor

Marina Taylor is the Creative Director and Producer at HiHo Kids and a Producer at Cut Video in Seattle, WA. She has experience in all aspects of video production from research and filming to editing, and has even stepped into the spotlight herself. This week, we got the chance to sit down and talk to […]Read Post ›

Conscious Consumption: 7 Months of Supporting POC Media

I decided that in 2017 I was going to do something I’d never done before and center my media consumption experience entirely around people of color. How is it going?

Locating Agrabah: Orientalism and the Stage in Disney’s ‘Aladdin’ on Broadway

When the system that passes off one race or ethnicity for another also gives positive exposure to many working actors of color—how do we reconcile that?