http://www.hyphenmagazine.com/blog/ en-us 2009-11-07T15:10:09-08:00 This is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site. http://www.hyphenmagazine.com/blog/2009/11/world-premiere-of-aoki-1.html Premiering on Thursday, November 12 in Oakland, CA, is the documentary AOKI, a celebration of the life of Japanese American activist Richard Aoki, was one of the first members of the Black Panther Party. Filmmakers Ben Wang and Mike Cheng... Film Momo 2009-11-07T15:10:09-08:00 http://www.hyphenmagazine.com/blog/2009/11/3rd-i-film-festival-supermen-o.html Director Faiza Ahmad Khan's behind-the-scenes documentary, Supermen of Malegaon, shows us DIY superpowers as she follows a ragtag group of amateur filmmakers in the titular textile town of Malegaon, India. Led by Malegaon native Shaikh Nasir, the patchwork film... Film Jessica 2009-11-05T08:30:00-08:00 http://www.hyphenmagazine.com/blog/2009/11/ironeaters-eisenfresser-review.html Looming skeletons of decommissioned ships dwarf the figures of workers trudging barefoot along the Chittagong beachfront in Bangladesh. The men navigate around piles of rusty iron, the vestiges of the ships that made their final stop at the inaptly named... Film Jessica 2009-11-05T01:43:39-08:00 http://www.hyphenmagazine.com/blog/2009/11/mr-hyphen-2009-saturday-novemb.html It is that time of year again... time to select the Most Visionary Asian American Male Activist Alive and crown him Mr. Hyphen 2009! Saturday, November 14, 7 – 10pmOakland Asian Cultural Center All ages welcome, 21+ for alcohol... Mr. Hyphen Robin 2009-11-04T18:47:06-08:00 http://www.hyphenmagazine.com/blog/2009/11/news-round-upfelicia-lee-and-m.html + This news is not new news, but I have been thinking a lot about Felicia Lee. I first read about her on Disgrasian, where they break down the disparity in coverage between Annie Le and Felicia Lee. A few... Gender Momo 2009-11-04T11:44:36-08:00 http://www.hyphenmagazine.com/blog/2009/11/new-york-times-spotlights-raci.html by guest blogger Christine PaeThe New York Times recently published an article about racist tendencies in South Korea and what's being done to address it. Tell me something I don't know. Yet there are some serious problems with how the... Media erin 2009-11-04T11:39:17-08:00 http://www.hyphenmagazine.com/blog/2009/11/third-i-film-festival-presents.html What does a year of immersive observation result in? For filmmaker Tariq Tapa, it resulted in Zero Bridge, a film about the everyday struggles of life in Srinagar, Kashmir. Tapa focuses closely on the core emotional and human elements of... Events Robin 2009-11-03T16:34:48-08:00 http://www.hyphenmagazine.com/blog/2009/11/the-hyphenites-social-calendar-36.html Wednesday November 4th -- San FranciscoDavid Chang Speaks OutChef David Chang -- of Momofuko fame -- will join a panel discussion on food, art, and anything goes. He'll be joined by Momofuku cookbook co-author Peter Meehan, Chris Cosentino, and Meadowood... Events Cynthia 2009-11-03T15:08:13-08:00 http://www.hyphenmagazine.com/blog/2009/11/searching-for-sandeep-at-the-3.html In a moment of naivety, I opted to watch Searching for Sandeep prior to bed -- choosing it over Warrior Boyz (to be reviewed soon!) under the rationale that a documentary about love would be far less disheartening than a... Reviews Jen 2009-11-03T10:17:57-08:00 http://www.hyphenmagazine.com/blog/2009/11/nba-commentator-calls-yi-jianl.html Classy. The title of this entry is pretty much self-explanatory. As you can hear for yourself, one of the NBA commentators refers to Jianlian Yi of the New Jersey Nets as a Chinaman right around the 0.50 mark. I'm sort... Media LisaLee 2009-11-02T14:36:41-08:00 http://www.hyphenmagazine.com/blog/2009/10/9500-liberty-offers-compelling.html For those in urban centers who are insulated from the immigration debate, 9500 Liberty offers revealing view of the contentious battle going on elsewhere in the country. The documentary film, produced by Eric Byler and Annabel Park, chronicles what happened... Activism Harry 2009-10-31T13:13:12-08:00 http://www.hyphenmagazine.com/blog/2009/10/awesome-theater-sunday-will-co.html It's one of the great tragedies of art that the best innovations are impossible to describe.Now, I'm not sure that the unfortunately titled The Future Project: Sunday Will Come will revolutionize live stage performance as we know it, fix the... Performance Claire 2009-10-30T10:21:53-08:00 http://www.hyphenmagazine.com/blog/2009/10/documentary-the-recess-ends-ge.html Since the recession hit, much attention has been focused on banks, politicians, economists, and the myriad of theories on what sunk us and what will lift us out. In their documentary The Recess Ends, filmmaking brothers Austin and Brian... Film Sylvie 2009-10-29T23:01:30-08:00 http://www.hyphenmagazine.com/blog/2009/10/asianspotting-asian-female-in.html Check it. After the whole Miley Cyrus "slanty eye" gesture incident a couple of months ago (which I don't think she ever apologized for since she believes she was merely making a "goofy face"; we're all just crazy right?)*, looks... Asianspotting LisaLee 2009-10-29T22:37:14-08:00 http://www.hyphenmagazine.com/blog/2009/10/on-ken-jeong-and-the-end-of-th.html In the terrible 1998 remake of the Japanese monster-flick Godzilla, the mayor of New York is an arrogant buffoon who nearly dooms the city. The rumor? The character -- Mayor Ebert -- is a stab at the movie critic... Culture Winston 2009-10-29T13:55:02-08:00