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From Jasmine to Kirkwood with Dax Phelan

Dax Phelan, the writer and director of the acclaimed thriller Jasmine, is about to direct his second feature Kirkwood, another mystery thriller. Gillian Sand caught…

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Comedian Leah Mansfield on Nukes, Being Native and Coming Out

Comedian Leah Mansfield, Sue Limsukonth and I got together this morning to record an episode for Slanted View podcast, but alas, out of my complete…

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Betty Ouyang on Her First Film “Father’s Day”

Betty Ouyang’s directorial debut “Father’s Day” just premiered in streaming on CHOPSO. We did an interview with the upstart Asian American actress and filmmaker on…

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Sartthar Tharchai’s Delicious Thailand

When location scouting in Bangkok, my friend Thomas Nahm (Production Supervisor on Netflix’s Street Food and Chef’s Table) introduced me to a young filmmaker Sartthar…

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Evolution of Kenneth Bi

Hong Kong born Canadian citizen Kenneth Bi is a veteran film director currently based in Hong Kong. Here, he discusses his oeuvre in Chinese cinema…

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Sunsets of Michael Aki and Eric Nakamura

The ultimate indie Asian American filmmaker Michael Aki has restored his first feature, Sunsets, co-wrote, co-directed and photographed by his cousin Eric Nakamura, the founder…

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Evolution of Young Man Kang

I met Young Man Kang in the 90s when he was a prolific feature filmmaker in Los Angeles. After making a dozen of features or…

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Brian L. Tan’s Holdout

Filmmaker Brian L. Tan (aka BLT) talks about his latest short film “Holdout” which will world premiere on Dec 7 at 7 pm in Los…

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Stranger Eugenia Yuan

Actress Eugenia Yuan talks about her latest feature, the Director’s Cut of Strangers, a feature by her longtime collaborator Michael Idemoto. Stranger will world premiere…

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Michael Aki’s Strangers and Brian L. Tan’s Holdout to World premiere on December 7 at 8 pm

CHOPSO is proud to present Stangers, the Director’s Cut of the neo-noir feature set in Los Angeles by Michael Aki and starring Eugenia Yuan and…

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