Posts in 'Immigrant Voices'

To support Dos Puntos' membership in LION (Local Online Independent News) and travel to its conference, as well as for capacity building support

For the film "Ambitious," which tells the story of Samara, an impatient, bold Vietnamese-Cambodian-American girl who is determined to show her independence and drive as a college-dropout. On her quest for validation she has to sort out her new lifestyle, and relationships, and prove to her immigrant mother she has what it takes to succeed. Pressure makes diamonds. Or crushes them.

For continued support of "This Too is Liberia," an immersive documentary that follows Liberian surfer Melvin Kabakole Jr. and his friends as they heal their traumatized communities through surf therapy.

For continued support of Ulrick Jean-Pierre: Guardian of History, a documentary that excavates the hidden history and contributes to righting the historical record by introducing audiences to the work of Haitian master painter, Ulrick Jean-Pierre.

To support "The Legacy of AAPI Labor Activism," a 5-part documentary series featuring the Asian American Pacific Islander labor movement and the people in it, from rank-and-file union members, non-union workers, historians, and other labor leaders.

To support filmmaker Sosena Solomon's tribute to her long-lost sister, Genet, through a film-based installation project in which she captures Genet’s truly remarkable life. Living with HIV is still deeply misunderstood and stigmatized in the Ethiopian diaspora and even within her family. This work attempts to unsettle the culture of shame and stigma which isolates people from their families and creates cycles of harm and mistrust.

To support the film, ¿Y Nosotr@s Que? a film about essential workers who are undocumented Indigenous immigrants during the COVID-19 pandemic.

To support a short film about an undocumented immigrant in Philadelphia starts to fall for a roommate she's never met -- forming a connection that will test the limits of her romantic imagination.

To create a multimedia room for community members to produce arts and culture reportage focused on Southwest Asian and North African (SWANA) communities in the Philadelphia area.

To increase the visibility and understanding of the diverse Asian American communities in Philadelphia and their strengths, challenges and histories through a yearlong feature series of journalistic work about post-COVID reopening which would be sourced from grassroots networks and community leaders.