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Read MoreTicket packages for the 2020 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival are now on sale! Choose from various ticket packages that will save you a minimum of 20% on all your tickets!
Read MoreThe range of expression displayed throughout our Digital Histories and Armed With a Camera productions is so broad that we just had to create a showcase to allow all these stories to properly “breathe.” Enjoy this random grab bag of films that are sure to put a smile on your face.
Read MoreNo matter how futile the effort may be, being heard and understood are two of the most important ingredients to mutual understanding. Unfortunately, not everyone gets the memo. Take a look at how conflicts escalate in this selection of Armed With a Camera films.
Read MoreVisual Communications is pleased to partner with Outfest to promote the 2020 Outfest Los Angeles LGBTQ Film Festival, which runs online from August 20-30. Watch 160+ films, including 35 world premieres, filmmaker celebrity conversations, and live events for one low price on Outfest’s ultimate streaming destination.
Read MoreAs this selection of Digital Histories films attest, there is a whole wide world outside of our little corner of the world — if only we’re brave enough and curious enough to venture out to experience it.
Read MoreVisual Communications is grateful to be a recipient of the Sundance Institute Respond and Reimagine Plan, which has provided funds to directly support independent artists and organizations from around the world. The funding will support Visual Communications’ ongoing programs such as the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, the Armed With a Camera Fellowship for Emerging Artists, and our Digital Histories program for older adults.
Read MoreAt some point in everyone’s lives, the “moment of truth” arrives that can change lives or personal perspectives. It’s up to us — and us alone — to make those key decisions, and hope that we make the right choices.
Read MoreVisual Communications produced six videos for SENSE US 2020: Asian Pacific American Lives, which utilize the power of storytelling to provide a deeper understanding of AANHPI communities in Southern California, so that we can inspire communities to complete the 2020 Census.
Read MoreAre we trying to get over, or just trying to make do? This selection of Armed With a Camera non-fiction works foregrounds the generosity of spirit, fellowship, ingenuity, and occasional deception that is needed to get through difficult times.
Read MoreDuring May 2020, Visual Communications presented the first ever Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival Virtual Showcase: a kickoff to celebrate Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month. We presented 31 days of FREE programming, over 62 programs, 80 films, and 26 live streaming panels to keep our communities CONNECTED. Our programs reached over 83K people and were viewed from over 105 countries around the world.
Read MoreMother knows best...or does Father know best? Familial entanglements are as timeless as audio recordings, paintings, or even a collection of aluminum cans. In the end, they are just as memorable.
Read MoreThis kinetic selection of works from Visual Communications’ Armed With a Camera Fellowship showcases a broad range of storytelling styles, all in the service of essaying stories about first encounters, chance meetings, and defining revelations.
Read MoreVisual Communications is grateful to receive funding from California Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act economic stabilization plan of 2020. The funding will support our VC Archives.
Read MoreIt’s all about food! Our Digital Histories and Armed With a Camera filmmakers know that food is a wonderful way to express one’s true feelings and cement a sense of “community.” Even if that special gift can be taken for granted at times, we still enjoy it while it lasts.
Read MoreThanks to our intrepid Digital Histories and Armed With a Camera filmmakers, the broad range of expressions (and complexities) of love occupies an honored place within the scope of our storytelling. Whether traditional or non-traditional, these works affirm that when it comes to love, there truly are no boundaries or walls between the ones we care about.
Read MoreVisual Communications was among the 80 arts organizations that received grants as part of a broad-based COVID-19 relief effort for the visual arts in the Los Angeles region, provided by the J. Paul Getty Trust and the California Community Foundation. We are grateful to be one of the organizations to receive funding.
Read MoreVisual Communications is pleased to announce that we are a recipient of the California Civil Liberties Grant for a fiscally sponsored project and a VC Archives project.
Read MoreWe still have work to do. While media can be used to destroy communities, Visual Communications will continue to use media to build and connect communities. We passionately support the countless organizations who are doing work in pursuit of justice.
Read MoreThey may not be famous. They may not even be that well-known to most. But the people who make an indelible impact in our communities and on our lives are the ones whose words and deeds are largely unsung. Take a look at these Armed With a Camera and Digital Histories films about people whose lives are worth savoring.
Read MoreThis week we explore the legacy of Linda Mabalot, the beloved Executive Director of VC from the mid-'80s until her passing in 2003. She guided VC through a most difficult and challenging time when the organization was focused on survival and still committed to serving and continuing Asian Pacific American media projects.
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