Digital Histories Fellow NK Nakamura Profiled

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Digital Histories Fellow NK Nakamura Profiled

Visual Communications Development Intern Connie Oh recently had a chance to ask Digital Histories fellow NJ Nakamura about her short documentary COOK IT YOURSELF, which had its World Premiere screening last April at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. Nakamura, a recently-retired oncology nurse, talks about the challenges of her first attempt at making a film, and the excitement of sharing her work with an audience.

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VC Receives CAC Grant for FfF Interactive Little Tokyo II

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VC Receives CAC Grant for FfF Interactive Little Tokyo II

In a press statement released July 7, the California Arts Council has announced a grant award of $56,000 to Visual Communications as part of its Creative California Communities program. The grant will be utilized to expand FfF Interactive Little Tokyo!, a multi-format transmedia project that was a highlight of the 2016 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. Visual Communications was one of only forty-one grantees statewide for this program.

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Director Andrew Ahn: 10 Questions +

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Director Andrew Ahn: 10 Questions +

The Los Angeles Premiere screening of Andrew Ahn's award-winning SPA NIGHT represents not only a long-awaited opportunity for supporters of this native Angeleno to find out why his debut feature has attracted intense "buzz" since its premiere screening at Sundance 2016 — it is also a homecoming screening for a wide variety of reasons. VC staffer Abraham Ferrer goes past the hype and gets Andrew to talk in detail about his film's placement in the larger arena of Asian Pacific American cinema, as well as the challenges of making a film that is much more than it seems...

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VC Announces Summer ‘16 Screening Line-Up

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VC Announces Summer ‘16 Screening Line-Up

Summer 2016 heats up as Visual Communications announces a busy slate of summertime screening events in and around our home here in Los Angeles Little Tokyo. There's something for everyone, from a highly-anticipated Sundance Film Festival award-winner in co-presentationship with one of our long-running community partners, to the Los Angeles Premiere screening of a brand-new work by a longtime member of the extended VC family. And did we mention that our annual Summer Interns Screening Event and Party is on tap as well? Let us stop talking about it, let's show you what's in store.

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Uprooted from the Scenes

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Uprooted from the Scenes

Visual Communications proudly presents, “Uprooted from the Scenes”, the 10th installment of the Summer Intern Screening Exhibit. Curated by this year’s summer interns, “Uprooted from the Scenes”, showcases a myriad of works by Asian American and Pacific Islander filmmakers that were a part of the 32nd Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. The screening will be followed by a Q&A session with the directors and a post-reception with food and drinks as well as an opportunity drawing. 

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CHEE AND T Wins Special Mention for Comedy Jury Award at LA Film Festival

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CHEE AND T Wins Special Mention for Comedy Jury Award at LA Film Festival

Congrats to Tanuj Chopra for winning the Special Mention for Comedy Jury Award for CHEE AND T at the 2016 LA Film Festival! Executive produced by Visual Communications through the VC Film Development Fund, CHEE AND T is a film about two brown debt collectors who are tasked with making sure their boss' nephew is presentable for his engagement party by day’s end. 

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