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Boston 2005 Asian American Film Festival
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By Laura Nathan
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Tuesday, 13 September 2005 |
Asian American Resource Workshop & The Institute of Contemporary Art present...
2005 BOSTON ASIAN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL
Thursday 9/15 – Sunday 9/18
at The Institute of Contemporary Art (955 Boylston St, Boston)
$7 General Admission || $6 AARW/NAAAP/ICA Members/Students/Seniors
www.aarw.org || www.icaboston.org ||
*** OPENING NIGHT ***
Thursday, September 15, 2005 @ 7 PM
Feature Film: ETHAN MAO (Boston premiere!)
Directed by Quentin Lee
87 min, 2004
18-year-old Ethan has been kicked out of home because he's gay, and has had to make do with a lonely life on the street hustling, and selling his body to older men. Things change when he befriends fellow hustler and drugdealer, 19-year-old Remigio. In what turns out to be a life-changing decision, he persuades Remigio to help break into his parents home. WhenEthan's parents return home unexpectedly, Ethan, his family and Remigio are forced to confront unresolved conflicts and feelings long kept secret. This coming of age tale successfully blends elements of family drama, romance and thriller into one tightly wound package.
AND MORE!!!
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** GRASSROOTS RISING PROGRAM **
Friday, September 16, 2005 @ 7 PM
OVERSHADOWED: BOSTON'S CHINATOWN
Directed by Paul Niwa & the Emerson College Journalism Documentary Class
27 min, 2005
Overshadowed: Boston's Chinatown focuses on the changing landscape of Boston's Chinatown amid many new controversial developments, including Kensington's proposed construction of a 30-story luxury apartment building on the site of a historic theatre. Featuring interviews from politicians, community activists, and residents, the documentary looks at re-development projects, the demolition of the Gaiety Theatre and how Chinatown residents are coping with the rising cost of living.
AND MORE!!!
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** Asian American Unedited: Shorts Program **
Saturday, September 17, 2005@ 7 PM
THE HAIRS (Boston premiere!)
Directed by Yohei Kawamata
5 min, 2004
A man comes into his bathroom, looks at the mirror, and starts touching his hair with his hands, smoothly and gently. Before long, his hair starts falling out. Shortly, his hair is gone. But the story does not come to an end. His other hairs are about to fall out soon. Why? What happens?
AND MORE!!!
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*** CLOSING NIGHT ***
Sunday, September 18, 2005 @ 7 PM
Feature Film: SLOW JAM KING (Boston premiere!)
Directed by Steven E Mallorca
104 min, 2004
JoJo Enriquez, a Filipino-American, poseur gangsta-pimp, thinks he hears his call to the streets and carjacks Vance, a mysterious traveling perfume salesman. In tow is Devaun, JoJo's best friend, who tries desperately to protect Vance from JoJo, and JoJo from the law. But no one is safe from JoJo's impulses, as the motley trio hits the road to Nashville, and slowly succumb to an escapist adventure that takes them further away from JoJo's reality, but closer to Vance's reality. When JoJo discovers the truth about his reluctant road companion, the trip takes a turn that leads the three of them to truth, love, and the dirty underbelly of the Nashville country music scene.
DIRECTOR WILL BE PRESENT FOR SCREENING AND FOR PRE-SCREENING RECEPTION
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