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Award-winning documentary filmmaker Arthur Dong shares insights into his art of filmmaking with Suzanne Joe Kai
Updated March 28, 2012
Congratulations to documentary filmmaker Arthur Dong. Arthur has also been awarded in March, 2012 a grant from the California Council for the Humanities for his documentary project on the late Cambodian actor Haing Ngor. On December 1, 2011 The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) also awarded him a research and development grant for the same documentary project. Congratulations!
Arthur shared insights into his art of documentary filmmaking with AsianConnections, and details on his latest projects.
David Henry Hwang, Jennifer Lim, Leigh Silverman, Samuel L. Jackson, Kenny Leon, David Ives, Douglas Carter Beane and More at The Drama Desk & Fordham University Theatre Program’s “Anatomy of a Breakout” Panel
(L-R) Douglas Carter Beane, Lewis Flinn, Liz Mikel, Dan Knechtges, Leslie Blake, David Ives, Kenny Leon, Samuel L. Jackson, Randy Gener, David Henry Hwang, Leigh Silverman and Jennifer Lim attend the 2011 Drama Desk and Fordham University Theatre Program Panel Discussion: Anatomy of a Breakout at Fordham Law School on November 13, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Lia Chang)
The Drama Desk & Fordham University Theatre Program co-sponsored a lively panel discussion on November 13, 2011, in the Pope Auditorium at Fordham University’s Lincoln Center campus in New York. The discussion, titled “Anatomy of a Breakout,” addressed the remarkable trend of breakthrough productions and breakout performances on the New York stage in 2011, was moderated by theater critic Randy Gener and Leslie (Hoban) Blake, the Drama Desk’s Vice President.
Photos: Kathie Lee Gifford at the 2011 Lord & Taylor Fifth Avenue Christmas Windows Unveiling in New York
2011 Lord &Taylor Fifth Avenue Christmas Windows Photo by Lia Chang
On
Monday,
November
14,
2011,
the
Lord
&
Taylor
Fifth
Avenue
Flagship
store
in
New
York
unveiled
the
2011
Lord
&
Taylor
Fifth
Avenue
Christmas
Windows.
2011 Lord &Taylor Fifth Avenue Christmas Windows Photo by Lia Chang
This
year,
the
windows
were
inspired
by
children’s
drawings
of
“What
is
Christmas
Made
of?”
and
an
illustration
by
Carl
Wilson
from
1941
that
shows
tiny
illustrations
and
asks
“What
is
Christmas
Made
of?”
Lord
&
Taylor
asked
children
from
Women
In
Need
shelters
and
local
schools
to
draw
what
they
believe
Christmas
is
made
of.
The
mechanical
holiday
windows
were
inspired
by
their
art
and
feature
125
of
the
original
drawings.
Santa and the kids whose drawings inspired this year's windows! Photo by Lia Chang
The
2011
Lord
&
Taylor
Fifth
Avenue
Christmas
Windows
unveiling
was
live
streamed
online
and
a
video
of
highlights
can
be
viewed
atwww.lordandtaylor.com/christmas
The Young People's Chorus of New York City Photo by Lia Chang
The
celebration
began
with
performances
by
the
Young
People’s
Chorus
of
New
York
City™
who
were
joined
by
Kathie
Lee
Gifford,
co-
host
of
the
fourth
hour
of
NBC’s
Today
Show
for
one
number.
NBC co-host Kathie Lee Gifford performs Photo by Lia Chang
New Reality TV Show Pilot Features Asian Pacific Males - That's right! by Suzanne Joe Kai
While it appears that acting opportunities are improving for Asian Pacific Americans in Hollywood, it is still a rare sighting to find a handsome, sexy Asian American male in a non-stereotypical role in mainstream television and movies. Unless you are one of the lucky ones cast in the TV series Hawaii Five-0, Asian American male actors are more often cast in roles as thugs, geeks, martial arts experts, or as tourists or characters with a funny foreign accent.
Nareth Chuon and Jason Peers, two young professionals in Los Angeles are on a mission to make a difference.
First, they spent their weekends and nights after their day jobs producing a health and fitness style calendar called the 2010 Asian Pacific Male (APM) Calendar featuring handsome and sexy Asian American men to raise funds for charity, with renowned photographer Jeff Sheng, one of the three original creators with Chuon and Peers. The calendar and the charity fundraising was a hit.
Now, Chuon and Peers want to take their calendar and charity fundraising concept to television. They have just completed filming a reality TV pilot based on their experiences co-producing the calendar project, with hope that the episodes will begin production in Spring, 2012.
Peers
said
the
original
project
was
a
success
because
"people
had
never
seen
anything
like
this
before."
Before
the