In this season's penultimate show and summer edition of CUNY TV's Asian American Life, Michael Tamsuriyamit makes his on-camera TV debut for his profile story on a popular New York-based food media producer.
EPISODE DETAILS:
Asian American Life Summer Edition features a walk through Little Manila in Queens, New York; Plus it’s the 40th Anniversary of Vincent Chin’s murder and we reflect on what it means for Asian American civil rights; Dinner on a dime and how to cook healthy meals for just $20 dollars a week; And for the first time ever, New York celebrates two parades honoring Asian Americans and actor George Takei leads Japan Day; Hip hop music artists speak out against anti-Asian hate crime.
GUESTS:
Steven Raga - Democratic Candidate State Assembly, District 30
Dennis Nepomuceno - Co-Owner, Kusina Pinoy Bistro
Xenia Diente - Founder, Little Manila Queens Bayanihan Arts
Joseph Castillo - Owner, Phil-Am Food Mart
June Xie - Host of “Budget Eats” and Senior Food Producer, Delish
George Takei - Actor, Author and Activist
Suki Tereda Ports - Activist, AAPI
Taiyo Na (Taiyo Ebato) - Musical Artist, Writer & Educator
T Vu (Theresa Vu) - Musical Artist
Magnetic North - Musical Artist
Renee Tajima-Peña - Professor and Documentary Filmmaker “Who Killed Vincent Chin?”
Frank H. Wu - President, Queens College, City University of New York
RECORDING DATE:
06/03/2022
FIRST AIR DATE:
06/14/2022
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.