In this month on CUNY TV's Asian American Life, Michael Tamsuriyamit produces a two-minute voiceover (VO) package reporting on the recent increase in Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) representation within children's media.
EPISODE DETAILS:
This month on Asian American Life, we feature a special episode on authors and artists who are raising public awareness on Asian American social issues. In-depth interviews include Author Daphne Palasi Andreades of “Brown Girls” and Author Grace Cho, National Book Finalist for “Taste Like War.” We also celebrate the works of contemporary artist Carlos Villa, and artist Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya with “Raise Your Voice” activist exhibit; Plus a Harvard student creates a Korean Disney-like princess which goes viral; An in-depth report on the how the pandemic and anti-Asian hate crimes have on teen mental health.
GUESTS:
Daphne Palasi Andreades - Author, “Brown Girls”
Christopher Chan - College Student
Kevin L. Nadal, Ph.D - Distinguished Professor, Psychology, Graduate Center at City University of New York and John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Camryn Chan - High School Student
Julia Riew - Composer and Lyricist
Grace M. Cho - Author “Tastes Like War” Associate Professor, Anthropology & Sociology, CUNY College of Staten Island
Tricia Laughlin Bloom - Co-Curator, “Carlos Villa: Worlds In Collision,”, The Newark Museum of Art
Paul Pfeiffer - Visual Artist, Hunter College MFA ‘94
RECORDING DATE:
03/21/2022
FIRST AIR DATE:
04/05/2022
ABOUT ASIAN AMERICAN LIFE (AAL):
Ernabel Demillo is the host of Asian American Life, a monthly half hour series about the fastest-growing immigrant group in the country, focusing on Asian Americans in the tri-state area from over 40 countries who speak more than 150 different languages and dialects. Every month, an Asian enclave and neighborhood within the tristate area is featured. Cutting edge issues like racial profiling and stereotyping are examined and explored. Successful Asian Americans who are forging new identities in business, politics and the arts are also be profiled. Asian American Life is reaching new frontiers in the quest for understanding and acknowledgment among tri-state Asian Americans.
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