Don't miss Susane E. Lee, Chil Kong, Derek Mio, Leonard Wu, Jae Suh in NaRhee Ahn's PURITY , which screens during the 29th Asian American International Film Festival (AAIFF) in New York.

Don't miss Susane E. Lee, Chil Kong, Derek Mio, Leonard Wu, Jae Suh in NaRhee Ahn's PURITY , which screens during the 29th Asian American International Film Festival (AAIFF) on Friday, July 14th at the Asia Society, Wednesday, July 19th at the Quad Cinema and Friday, August 4th in Stonybrook.

Backed by an award-winning, Asian American soundtrack including local favorites Taiyo and Florence Yoo, director NaRhee Ahn's debut feature film presents a careful and intimate portrait of Korean American life that is both complex and human. In a world rife with religious differences, we are reminded of how religion can often separate us rather than guide us to understand the people around us and ourselves.

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Richard Wong's
COLMA: THE MUSICAL
unspools on Saturday, July 15th and Tuesday, July 18th at the Quad Cinema in New York as part of the 29th Asian American International Film Festival.

Jeff Adachi's new documentary THE SLANTED SCREEN screens on Saturday, July 15th at the Asia Society as part of the 29th AAIFF in New York.

In THE SLANTED SCREEN , director Jeff Adachi explores how Asian American men have been portrayed on American television and on the Hollywood Screen. Weaving together archival footage with thoughtful interviews from veteran actors such as Mako, James Shigeta, Dustin Nguyen, Jason Scott Lee, comedian Bobby Lee, producer Terence Chang, and many others, Adachi's documentary not only offers a primer on Asian American film history, but presents an inspiring look at it future.

From the 1920s silent film star Sessue Hayakawa to HAROLD & KUMAR GO TO WHITE CASTLE , THE SLANTED SCREEN explores the experiences of actors who have had to struggle against ethnic stereotyping and limiting roles. The film creates a history that delves into the politics of race and media which have changed very little since the dawn of cinema.

If American television and film were the only places where one saw Asian faces, what a slanted perception it would be. Hollywood's images of the Asian male have often depicted caricatures that are either asexual, unattractive, devious, predatory, or a combination of these. Can we forget William Hung?

Harry Potter fans waited at bookstores around the world for the stroke of midnight in order to be first to take home the final book of J.K. Rowling's series.

StudioLA TV's Lance Ning interviewed fans at a costume event at the Barnes and Noble bookstore in Newport Beach. The interviews will be part of a documentary on the Harry Potter phenomenon.

Harry Potter fans cheered and screamed as the countdown approached midnight.

StudioLA's Lance Ning interviewed fans at the Barnes and Noble store in Newport Beach for an upcoming documentary.