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The filmmakers behind the upcoming independent movie Snakehead — director Evan Jackson Leong (Linsanity) and producer/actor Brian Yang (Hawaii Five-0) — join the show to talk about media representation, building community through crowdfunding, and the evolution of independent Asian American film.
Topics covered on the show include:
- The changes in the Asian American media landscape from the late ’90s to now
- Why it’s important for people of color to tell their own stories
- The importance of Asian American characters to be fully formed and three-dimensional
- Evan’s decision to do his first narrative feature after a career of documentaries
- How crowdfunding creates community for filmmakers and audiences and the gamechanger that is social media
- The filmmakers’ open search for an Asian American actress to play the lead
All this and more on Hard NOC Life! Watch it on your screen, hit “play,” and check this.
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The filmmakers behind the upcoming independent movie Snakehead — director Evan Jackson Leong (Linsanity) and producer/actor Brian Yang (Hawaii Five-0) — join the show to talk about media representation, building community through crowdfunding, and the evolution of independent Asian American film.
Topics covered on the show include:
- The changes in the Asian American media landscape from the late ’90s to now
- Why it’s important for people of color to tell their own stories
- The importance of Asian American characters to be fully formed and three-dimensional
- Evan’s decision to do his first narrative feature after a career of documentaries
- How crowdfunding creates community for filmmakers and audiences and the gamechanger that is social media
- The filmmakers’ open search for an Asian American actress to play the lead
All this and more on Hard NOC Life! Watch it on your screen, hit “play,” and check this.
Watch this space every Friday for new episodes of “Hard N.O.C. Life” and go to our YouTube channel to subscribe! You can also download the audio podcast on iTunes or Soundcloud!
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