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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.
A Refugee Trilogy: holds the eye of the camera and the ear to the heart of families who escaped war only to find new conflicts while growing up in America and searching for heritage. We’ll talk with teacher, filmmaker Spencer Nakasato and Cambodian American Mike Siv who returns to Cambodia to seek out his past … Continued
Movies, Martial Arts and Marathon on Apex. Though known for his films and martial arts, Bruce Lee was also a philosopher and innovator. For Lee, his life in the East Bay was a formative, but little-known period. In the books Dragon and The Tiger, authors Sid Campbell and Greglon Lee explore these years in Lee’s … Continued
It’s the first Thursday of the Month and Apex Outa the Box is on! Bringing you live API hip-hop, we start by featuring artists of Bindlestiff – FilAm artspace central in SF. MC Bambu and Crown City Rockers are also on-air and listen for other MCs, hot topics and more music with MC Kiwi and … Continued
At the edge of war and peace. Thirty years of diaspora: members of the Vietnamese Artists Collective present their work as well as talk about an up-coming evening of film and poetry about the exodus of Vietnamese around the world after the war. And, Hibakusha – or survivors of the atomic bomb dropped on Japan … Continued
Pratap Chatterjee hosts a night where we learn why a dolphin became a citizen but why some Koreans can’t become citizens of Japan. The Data Center’s Miho Kim is on Apex along with Okinawan-based music played by Wesley Unten who livens-up the feature. And, a comic book about the Bay: a talk with artist Christine … Continued
Cultural and social issues of the up-and-coming generation are aired on Apex. "Find out what you thought you knew but really don’t" as we talk with Asian American youth about a major conference with the same theme coming up this weekend. Learn about key issues and cultural areas that will be on the table at … Continued
API OUtha box! API hip-hop first week of the month features MC JenRO. At the age of 17, JenRO starred in a short documentary called "Rebel Girls" based on one of her raps. The film played in theaters across California. At 19, JenRO was establishing her name by performing at major city events such as … Continued
Chinese restaurants in the deep South: Can’t get much better than that if it’s fried in deep fat. Artist Canyon Sam’s exhibit takes a look at how food, culture, and location may point out a new flavor. And, the book Can’t Stop Won’t Stop covers the hip hop movement. Author Jeff Chang talks about Jin … Continued
Writing a Grammy award winning song would be considered a major achievement for most people, but for Ani, a Malaysian singer song writer who lives in Los Angeles, the 2005 music award was just a stepping stone to her real goal – challenging the male hierarchy of the entire Islamic world, which her organization achieved … Continued
