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2. Affirmative Action and Asian Quotas
3. Obstacles Facing Asian Men ft Steven Wang
5. Thoughts from an ex-Air Force officer ft Brandon
6. New and Positive Developments in Asian American Media
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Lost Girls and Love Hotels
Searching for escape in Tokyo's back alleys, a haunted English teacher (Alexandra Daddario) explores love and lust with a dashing Yakuza, as their tumultuous affair takes her on a journey through the city's dive bars and three-hour love hotels. Trailer🗗
The Foreigner
The story of humble London businessman Quan (Chan), whose long-buried past erupts in a revenge-fueled vendetta when the only person left for him to love - his teenage daughter - is taken from him in a senseless act of politically-motivated terrorism. Trailer🗗
Ip Man 4: The Finale
Donnie Yen reprises his role as the legendary Wing Chun master in the grand finale of the revolutionary martial arts series. Following the death of his wife, Ip Man travels to San Francisco to ease tensions between the local kung fu masters and his star student, Bruce Lee, while searching for a better future for his son. Trailer🗗
Shadow
In a kingdom ruled by an unpredictable king, the military commander has a secret weapon: a "shadow" who can fool both his enemies and the King himself. Now he must use this weapon in an intricate plan that will lead his people to victory. Trailer🗗
Project Gutenberg
The Hong Kong police are looking for a money counterfeiting gang led by a mastermind code-named "Painter" (Chow Yun-fat). With Painter's talents, it's hard to decipher the real and fake money. In order to find out the true identity of "Painter", the police recruits a painter named Lee Man (Aaron Kwok) to assist in solving the case. Trailer🗗
The Jade Pendant
The Old West becomes a battleground for power and revenge as thousands have come to the Wild West to build railroads in search of fortune and power. Based on true events. Trailer🗗
Warrior
Set during the Tong Wars in the late 1800s, Ah Sahm, a martial arts prodigy originating from China to San Francisco, ends up becoming a hatchet man for the most powerful tong in Chinatown. Created by Jonathan Tropper and Justin Lin, and based on an original concept by Bruce Lee. Trailer🗗
The Man from Nowhere
Tae-Sik is a widower with a mysterious past. When a young girl he befriends is kidnapped by a vicious drug gang, Tae-Sik rushes to save her. Hell-bent on justice after being framed by the nasty criminals, he takes the law into his own hand. Trailer🗗
Better Luck Tomorrow
A group of overachieving Asian-American high school seniors enjoy a power trip when they dip into extra-curricular criminal activities. Trailer🗗
13 Assassins
In this thrilling samurai film, 13 warriors join forces to kill an evil tyrant pushing a nation to the brink of war. Facing suicidal odds, they must take on his deadly army in an epic fight to the death. Trailer🗗
Lee Rock
Andy Lau stars in biopic of Hong Kong's most notorious policeman - the 500 million dollar detective Lee Rock, who climbed from obscurity to become the ruler of Hong Kong's tumultuous underworld. Trailer🗗
Chasing the Dragon
Donnie Yen stars as infamous real-life drug kingpin Crippled Ho, who came to Hong Kong an illegal immigrant in 1963 and ruthlessly carved an empire from the chaotic underworld of drug dealers and corrupt police that ruled the city under notorious detective Lee Rock (Andy Lau). Trailer🗗
Shock Wave
When explosive attacks begin breaking out across the city, a shocking hostage situation unfolds within one of the world's busiest tunnels. Only Cheung (Andy Lau), the most respected member of the EOD unit, has the skills needed to end this threat. Trailer🗗
The Handmaiden
From PARK Chan-wook, the celebrated director of OLDBOY, LADY VENGEANCE and STOKER, comes a ravishing new crime drama. PARK presents a gripping and sensual tale of two women - a young Japanese Lady living on a secluded estate, and a Korean woman who is hired to serve as her new handmaiden, but is secretly plotting with a conman to defraud her of a large inheritance. Korean language film with English subtitles. Trailer🗗
Mayhem
Just after being fired, Derek’s office is put into quarantine for a virus that causes people to act out their wildest impulses. As chaos erupts, he makes his way to the top-floor executives to settle the score once and for all. Trailer🗗
The Foreigner
Jackie Chan stars as humble London businessman Quan, whose long-buried past erupts in a revenge-fueled vendetta when the only person left for him to love -- his teenage daughter -- is taken from him in a senseless act of politically-motivated terrorism. In his relentless search for the identity of the terrorists, Quan is forced into a cat- and-mouse conflict with a British government official, whose own past may hold clues to the identities of the elusive killers. Trailer🗗
Columbus
Casey lives with her mother in a little-known Midwestern town haunted by the promise of modernism. Jin, a visitor from Korea, attends to his dying father. Burdened by the future, they find respite in one another and the architecture that surrounds them. Trailer🗗
Blade of the Immortal
Manji, a highly skilled samurai, becomes cursed with immortality after a legendary battle. Haunted by the brutal murder of his sister, Manji knows that only fighting evil will regain his soul. The 100th film by master director Takashi Miike. Trailer🗗
Sophie and the Rising Sun
Autumn of 1941 in Salty Creek, in a fishing village in South Carolina, interracial lovers are swept up in the tides of history. Trailer🗗
Examine the origin, history and impact of the 1882 law that made it illegal for Chinese workers to come to America and for Chinese nationals already here ever to become U.S. citizens. The first in a long line of acts targeting the Chinese for exclusion, it remained in force for more than 60 years. Trailer🗗
Links
- National Association of Asian American Professionals (US)
- Minority Professionals Network (US)
- Asian American Film Labs (US)
- Minority Jobs Network (US)
- Diversity Working (US)
- Diversity Careers (US)
- IM Diversity - Asian American Village (US)
- The Association of Chinese Canadian Professionals (ACCP) (CA)
- Diversity Inc (US,CA,AU)
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About
ANBM Source is an online community for the Asian diaspora – Asian American, Asian Canadian, Asian Briton, Asian Australian etc.
We aim to promote and support Asian entertainment, we facilitate discussions for the members of our community, information is exchanged for the benefit of the Asian demographic worldwide whether it’s information on health care, cultural needs, social and political awareness.
Mainstream Media standards has continues to erode, the misinformation we consume on a daily basis is rarely questioned and the superficial images we are exposed to are unchallenged. As an ethnic minority living in a western mainstream society, the white media is a reflection of social and political mimicry where media diversity has failed to represent us with respect.
Thus the reason we exist…
Despite how TV, film, fashion mags, and news media stereotype them, Asians aren’t all:
- Kung fu masters, accented untrustworthy foreigners, terrorists, or evil gangsters,
- Sneaky dragon ladies, exotic, submissive sex objects,
- Asexual, or chauvinistic Asian men,
- Asian women who exclusively date White/Black men (as depicted in media), or who are oppressed.
The media still fetishizes Asian women and marginalizes Asian men, creating damaging stereotypes, racism, and self-hate for Asian youth.
Introduction
ANBM Source is a non-profit organization, we are an online community of Asian, Asian Americans, Asian Canadians, Asian Britons, Asian Australians etc and friends. Some of us are directors, musicians, activists, politicians, educators, bloggers, talkshow hosts and other industry professionals.
Collectively we aim to promote and support Asian media, increase health and community awareness, strengthen and empower the Asian Political identity.
Media and society are a reflection of each other, as a minority ethnic people we are often discriminated, silenced and marginalized by mainstream media and western society. It is in our rights and responsibility to speak out against media propaganda, misinformation and political discourse and rhetoric hate towards Asians.
History
The name ‘ANBM’ was derived from a Facebook community named ‘Asians Not Brainwashed by Media’ founded by Alvin Lin in 2006 with the intention of leveraging social networks to educate and connect like-minded individuals.
After phenomenal membership growth, we were able to create a library of useful media information and discussions. It’s growing status eventually became a nexus for icons and activists within entertainment and media network.
Alvin has entrusted the current Facebook community to the current administrators, who have also created this website to take advocate and educate those outside of Facebook, for internet readers and supporters around the globe.
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