Watch Full Playlist of Videos Above or At Full Collection of Short Videos below. While Asian Americans have faced a double pandemic of COVID-19 and anti-Asian racism, the rise of solidarity efforts within Asian American and other BIPOC communities gives us moments of joy, resilience, and hope as we rebuild our lives. The series of seven documentary shorts move beyond the pandemic and reflect the complexities of Asian American experiences in this critical moment.
Asian Islander Pacific Heritage
PBS KIDS Celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage On-Demand
In the United States, May is Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month. Many people use the month to honor the accomplishments of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States while celebrating their diverse heritages. Learn more with some of your friends from PBS KIDS! Asian Pacific American Heritage celebration started as a week in 1979 under the Carter administration but was extended to a full month on the first Bush administration.
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Screening: Free Chol Soo Lee
Free Chol Soo Lee
Join WXXI for a special screening and discussion of Free Chol Soo Lee on Monday, March 27, 2023 at 6:30-8:30pm at The Little Theatre. The rollercoaster life story of Chol Soo Lee, a Korean immigrant wrongfully convicted of murder. Sentenced to life for a 1973 San Francisco murder, Korean immigrant Chol Soo Lee was set free after a pan-Asian solidarity movement, which included Korean, Japanese, and Chinese Americans, helped to overturn his conviction. After 10 years of fighting for his life inside California state prisons, Lee found himself in a new fight to rise to the expectations of the people who believed in him.
Film Description: Sentenced to death for a 1973 San Francisco murder, Korean immigrant Chol Soo Lee was set free after a pan-Asian solidarity movement of Korean, Japanese, and Chinese Americans helped to overturn his conviction. After 10 years of fighting for his life inside San Quentin, Lee found himself in a new fight to rise to the expectations of the people who believed in him. On his journey from an inspiring icon to a swing-shift janitor struggling with drug addiction, Chol Soo Lee personifies the ravages of America’s prison industrial complex Learn More About the Film https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/free-chol-soo-lee/
Indie Lens Pop-Up is all about the group viewing experience and the conversations that this experience enables. By bringing together Independent Lens content, people who can connect that content to local issues, and members of the community, Indie Lens Pop-Up exemplifies the Independent Lens purpose of sparking conversations.
Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage
WXXI is proud to pay tribute to the generations of Asian and Pacific Islanders who have enriched America’s history and are instrumental in its future success.
Independent Lens “Home Court” • On-Demand
PBS Celebrates Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage
Dear Corky | American Masters | PBS
Asian Americans PBS LearningMedia Collection
Asian American Stories of Resilience and Beyond On-Demand
Injustice At Home: Classroom Collection On-Demand
PBS KIDS Celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage On-Demand
Musicians of Asian & Pacific Islander Heritage: Classical On-Demand
Sesame Street: See Us Coming Together Special
Before They Take Us Away: On-Demand
Asian Pacific American Our Experience: Local Stories On-Demand
Rising Against Asian Hate: One Day in March On-Demand
Rising Against Asian Hate: One Day in March PBS LearningMedia Collection
A People’s History of Asian America On-Demand
Remembering Pearl Harbor Electronic Field Trip On-Demand
Four-Four-Two, F Company at War On-Demand
