APEX Express
7:00 PM Pacific Time: Thursdays
Apex Express is a proud collective member of AACRE, Asian Americans for Civil Rights and Equality. AACRE focuses on long-term movement building, capacity infrastructure, and leadership support for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders committed to social justice.
APEX Express – April 19, 2007
Alienation among Asian American youth, in the wake of the Virginia Tech massacre by Cho Seung-Hui, a Korean-American English major and a creative writer. Atashi Chakraborty of Narika tells us about Provoked, a new Bollywood film with Aishwarya Rai, about domestic violence in the South Asian community, and we speak with Rohini Hensman, author of … Continued
APEX Express – April 12, 2007
Hear about the struggle of a Samoan Warrior named Clement Brown Kelemeke, currently held in the “Adjustment Center” at San Quentin State Prison. Also, Racial profiling and religion: how they come together on a tour of a Sikh gathering place.
APEX Express – April 5, 2007
Power Struggle, Sentenced Home, and this live deejay! Power Struggle, SF/Brooklyn-based hip hop duo consisting of Nomi, the emcee and Deetalx, the dj recently dropped "Arson at the Petting Factory", a heavy-hitting album in sound and content. Tune in as we speak to Nomi about the crew and perhaps even get a little freestyle session…Peep … Continued
APEX Express – March 29, 2007
An API prison anthology complied by ex-prisoner Eddy Zheng who also shares messages for youth. And, Monster cable gets re-wired after firing elderly, immigrant, workers who organize for respect.
APEX Express – March 22, 2007
Justice for Korean comfort women? Rebels, Chinatown conflicts and a woman’s stablizing force in The Eighth Promise. This week’s show also features an interview with documentary film makers Anjali Monteiro (who is a Fulbright scholar at Berkeley this semester) and K P Jayasankar, on their films on the city of Mumbai.
APEX Express – March 15, 2007
Host Pratap Chatterjee discusses the Asian American Film Festival with associate director Taro Goto and four of the film makers: Hyun-Ock Im, Joy Dietrich, Duc Nguyen and Stephane Gauger. Hyun-Ock Im is producer of "And Therafter II," a documentary film about a Korean prostitute turned war bride. Joy Dietrich is director of "Tie A Yellow … Continued
APEX Express – March 8, 2007
Women’s Day Celebration: Asian Pacific Islander women in Women of Color and CAAM Film Festivals. Jane Kim – San Francisco School Board Member – on education, inflammatory Asian Week column.
APEX Express – March 1, 2007
API hip hop artists help victims in the Philippines; hip-hop chronicler Jeff Chang talks about his new compilation "Total Chaos" that examines what’s beyond the music ; a live DJ set featuring Un/de/Fine
APEX Express – February 22, 2007
A road trip reveals racial violence and crippling stereotypes across the post-Sept. 11 American landscape. The murder of a family friend began Sikh American Valarie Kaur’s journey. Apex talks with Kaur about her film "Divided We Fall" that documents her road trip (see www.dwf-film.com). And, anti-miscegenation laws creates a hidden past in the play "Uncle … Continued