"Jericho Li, an MA Communications student at Baptist University, escorts us through Hong Kong’s Sham Shui Po in this cellphone video shot with the assistance of veteran filmmaker Quentin Lee. What would have been Jericho Li’s group video assignment in Multi-Media Journalism has become a document ...

Documentary about airline pilot Julie Wang, who became the first Asian woman to fly solo around the world in 2016. Directed by Ed Moy, an award-winning journalist. He was recipient of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's National Print Media Award in 2000 for his series of articles about their Team ...

PREMIERING NOVEMBER 20: With the help of popular movie stars, this documentary tells the coming-of-age story of a young Asian-American actress navigating the convoluted and narrow paths of Hollywood.

Directed by Denise Chan, Z. Eric Yang. Produced by Quentin Lee. With Sandra Oh, James Hong, Tzi...

Gay Hollywood Dad chronicles the first six months of single gay dad Quentin Lee juggling between raising his newborn baby by himself and making his means as an acclaimed independent filmmaker in Hollywood.

0506HK documents filmmaker Quentin Lee’s returns to Hong Kong, where he was born and raised. As he explores his desire to move back there from Los Angeles, he interviews local artists, filmmakers, friends, and family about why they are in Hong Kong and why they choose to be there.With humor and w...

Documentary about pioneering Asian Aviatrix Katherine Sui Fun Cheung, a Chinese immigrant who defied racial and gender bias to become a daredevil stunt pilot during the Golden Age of Aviation in the 1930s. Directed by Ed Moy, an award-winning journalist. He was recipient of the Leukemia & Lymphom...

Directed by Quentin Lee, "A Chinese Class" documents an eccentric filmmaker learning Chinese with diverse classmates, some as eccentric as himself, at Los Angeles City College.

"SF Public Defender by day, family man by night, Lord knows how the talented Jeff Adachi finds time to make phenomenal documentaries. His award winning “The Slanted Screen: Asian Men in Film & Television”, won at the New York International Independent Film & Video Festival and the Berkeley Film &...

From silent film star Sessue Hayakawa to Harold & Kumar Go to Whitecastle, THE SLANTED SCREEN explores the portrayals of Asian men in American cinema, chronicling the experiences of actors who have had to struggle against ethnic stereotyping and limiting roles. The film presents a critical examin...

"A Woman Named Canyon Sam" is a 12 min. portrait documentary on San Francisco based performance artist, author and activist Canyon Sam. The short documentary film won the Panasonic Filmmaker Award / Best Documentary Short at the Asian Film Festival of Dallas in 2011.

Three diverse female comics riff on sex, love and life.

Kimberly McVicar accidentally became a comedian at the age of five, by blurting out, “don’t worry mom, I know to lie!” when asked about her family during the Canadian version of Star Search (Tiny Talent Time). Kimberly has performed stand-u...

ACHIEVING EQUITY FOR ASIAN CANADIANS IN MEDIA
Presented By the Asian Canadian Film Alliance

The panel took place on Sep 1, 2021, at 3 pm PT / 6 pm ET.

MODERATED by QUENTIN LEE (Producer/Director, "Shopping for Fangs", "The People I've Slept With", "White Frog", CMPA and PGA Member)

PANELLISTS...

"Aka Deadlee" is a musical documentary short film telling the untold story of Joseph Thomas Lee, aka Deeadlee, half LatinXo and half African American, who is one of the first gay rappers and still struggles to be heard. Directed by queer Chinese filmmakers Yuchen Fang and Quentin Lee.

Winner of ...