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AAPI Month: Celebrating Asian American Representation in Film

For Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI), however, representation in American cinema has not always been inclusive or reflective of their multifaceted communities.

'Beef' lead stars Ali Wong and Steven Yeun with poking their bodies outside of their car windows.

The Rise of 'Beef'

Beef creates commanding television by twisting the idea of a fateful encounter. Usually, when humans talk about chance meetings with other humans, we think of the positive.

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Meet the all-Asian cast of Star Wars: Visions Volume 2

Today, Disney+ and Lucasfilm announced that the second volume of the animated anthology series will premiere May 4, 2023, a.k.a. Star Wars Day, exclusively on Disney+.

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Everything Everywhere All at Once Takes Over the Universe

And that’s the key for me. A quick search of Asian-led films shows you just how narrow in scope they’ve been in the past, tending to fall under one of three categories: comedy, drama or romance, and this includes my beloved Crazy Rich Asians.

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Popular Films of the Week

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