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.
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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
APEX Express – February 15, 2007
Roger Adhikary of the Association of Nepalese in America joins APEX Express to discuss Nepal’s peace accord with Maoist rebels. Professor Gary Y. Okihiro of Columbia University talks about his newly published collection of Doothea Lange photos of Second World War internment of Japanese Americans while former Guantanamo Bay chaplain James Yee discusses the plight … Continued
APEX Express – February 8, 2007
A talk by ecologist David Suzuki.
APEX Express – February 1, 2007
Maxine Hong Kingston’s "Veterans of War, Veterans of Peace", Hip-Hop Journalist Jeff Chang, and Native Guns!