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2020 Asian American Documentaries
Filmmaker Talkback
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Saturday, February 22
4:00PM

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Join us in celebrating documentaries made by Asian American filmmakers! This showcase features two films and filmmakers you won't want to miss! After the screening of the films, we'll host a 35 minute talkback to talk about everything from healthcare to karaoke.

​Join us in the lobby afterwards for an appetizer reception hosted by TECO Denver!

Program

Documentaries
4:00PM

Palliative | Golden, CO (36 min)
John Beder and Donald Stader

A documentary short exploring the conversations during end-of-life care with pediatric Palliative care specialist Dr. Nadia Tremonti. Palliative also highlights the caretakers and families working with Dr. Tremonti. Filmed in Detroit at the Children's Hospital of Michigan over several years 'Palliative' aims to introduce this vital area of care struggling to overcome the stigmas of death and dying.
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Presented by Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Denver
Love Boat: Taiwan | San Francisco, CA (63 min)
Valerie Soe

A feature-length documentary that uncovers the allure of one of the longest running summer programs in the world. Love Boat: Taiwan peers into the lives of the program's participants and looks at the history and popularity of this well-known program, which is sponsored by the Taiwanese government and which takes place every summer in Taiwan.

6:00PM
Talkback

​6:35PM
Appetizer ​Reception in Theater Lobby
​Hosted by TECO Denver


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​​Facilitator
​Daryl J. Maeda, PhD

Filmmakers
Donald Stader, M.D. - Producer​

Valerie Soe - Producer, Director, Writer
Evan Hung - Documentary Cast

​University of Colorado, Boulder
Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies
Associate Dean for Student Success, College of Arts and Sciences

​Daryl Joji Maeda is Associate Dean for Student Success in the College of Arts and Sciences and Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies at the University of Colorado Boulder. He has published two books on Asian American activism during the 1960s and 1970s, Reconsidering the Asian American Movement (2012) and Chains of Babylon: The Rise of Asian America (2009), a co-edited volume on the ethnic history of Colorado, and various essays and book chapters. Currently, he is writing a cultural history of the martial artist and actor Bruce Lee.​
Palliative

​Coming soon!


Love Boat: Taiwan

​Soe is an award-winning filmmaker, artist, and writer. Since 1986, her experimental videos, installations, and documentary films have won dozens of awards, grants, and commissions. They have been exhibited worldwide at venues such as the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles the Museum of Modern Art, and the New Museum in New York City. She has published extensively in books and journals, including Countervisions: Asian American Film Criticism, Asian Cinema, and Amerasia Journal. Soe is the author of the blog Beyond Asiaphilia. Her latest film is LOVE BOAT: TAIWAN.​


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  • Sponsors / Donors
  • 2022 Raffle
  • 2022 Program
    • 2022 Community Conversations >
      • 3/5 - CAPU
      • 3/6 - AGI
    • 2022 Short Films Showcase >
      • #AsianAmResilience Microdocs
      • good enough
      • In Wake of the Crashing Dawn
      • Projections
      • Charlie
      • Desert Lotus
      • Ara, Untamed
      • My Name is not Amy
    • 2022 Emerging Artists Showcase >
      • Sino Ako
      • All Mine
      • Winter Glass Glare
      • Core
      • Maa
      • Heart Sutra
  • About / Contact
  • Previous Programs
    • 2021 Program >
      • 2021 Short Film Showcase >
        • #AsianAMCovidStories
        • Duo Pandemia
        • Mastery I & II
        • Ib Tsug 13 Hnub
        • Ntuj Tsim Txom
        • Mechamorphosis
        • The 3 Day Nun
        • The Loyal Betrayal
        • Voices
      • 2021 Emerging Artists Showcase >
        • Check Box: Other
        • I Put the Bi in Bitter >
          • I Put the Bi in Bitter S2
          • I Put the Bi in Bitter S1
        • Safe
        • In the Spotlight
    • 2020 Program >
      • Digital Program Book
      • 2020 Creative Conversations >
        • 2/21 - Best Tasting Wild Foods of Colorado​
        • 2/22 - Health & Mental Health
        • 2/22 - Mushroom Foraging 101
      • 2020 Asian American Documentaries >
        • Palliative
        • Love Boat: Taiwan
      • 2020 Colorado Showcase >
        • The Rock Within
        • Ma
        • For Tashi
        • people (of water)
        • Not Pictured
        • I Put the Bi in Bitter
      • Ang Larawan (The Portrait)
      • Asian American Artist Showcase
    • 2019 Program >
      • 2019 Film Shorts >
        • Runner
        • Tears of the Sky
        • I Put the Bi in Bitter
        • My Escape
      • 2019 CU Denver Showcase >
        • Three Worlds One Stage
        • Virtual Mandala
      • 2019 Festival Talkbacks >
        • Creative Leadership Talkback
        • CU Filmmaker Q&A
        • Film Industry Talkback
    • 2018 Program
    • 2017 Program >
      • Taipei Story
      • The Last Princess
      • Mid-Length Films Block
      • Ten Years
      • What's in the Darkness
      • Millennium Actress
      • The Future Perfect
      • Youth of the Beast
      • Being Good
      • Heart Attack
      • Bloody Dairy
      • Bruce Takes Dragon Town
      • Cowboy and Indian
      • Dancing Through Life: The Dorothy Toy Story
      • Ho Chi Minh Kim Chi
      • Mango Sticky Rice
      • Night-Fly
      • Sumo Road - The Musical
      • Threads - The Art and Life of Surayia Rahman
      • Twenty Years
    • 2016 Program >
      • Wolf Children
      • Uzumasa Limelight
      • Changing Season
      • Plastic Paradise: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
      • Awesome Asian Bad Guys
      • Off the Menu: Asian America
      • Winning Girl