Tag Archives: California

Guerrilla film project changes boundaries of movie-going

By Angilee Shah | Published: May 30, 2013

A Drive-By Cinema screening (courtesy of the Pacific Arts Movement)

The cargo in Pacific Arts Movement’s overhauled moving truck is a motley assortment: In front, a Wi-Fi hotspot, charger, chemical compounds and grease remover, a pack of cigarettes and DVDs. In the back there are three white lab coats, a coffee table and two rugs, a small white parasol, orange safety cones, and a generator (plus a custom-made padded box to muffle the sound of the generator).

Posted in California | Also tagged asian film festival, cinema, Drive-By Cinema, foreign films, Pacific Arts Movement, public radio international, San Diego | Leave a comment

Fred Korematsu Day, Two Ways

By Angilee Shah | Published: January 31, 2011

Yesterday was Fred Korematsu Day in California.

Korematsu, a Japanese-American who resisted placement in a World War II-era internment camp, and later fought in courts to have a Supreme Court conviction of “defiance” overturned, was remembered on January 30 in the state of California. In September, California declared this day, Korematsu’s birthday, to be the Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution.

I wrote about the day and what it means for Asian American civil rights advocates for Mother Jones online and about bloggers’ initial reactions for GlobalVoices.

Not a reader? Here’s the trailer for 2007 documentary Of Civil Wrongs and Rights: The Fred Korematsu Story.

Of Civil Wrongs and Rights – trailer from Asian Law Caucus on Vimeo.

Posted in California, United States | Also tagged America, Asia, Asian, asian law caucus, blog, bloggers, civil rights, civil rights advocates, documentary, fred korematsu, globalvoices, internment camp, japanese american, mother jones, supreme court, world war ii | Leave a comment

Things that aren’t about Pastor Jones

By Angilee Shah | Published: September 11, 2010

It’s 9/11 in America. I feel like every year for the past nine years, we’ve been questioning our identity, our values in this country. I wanted to remind myself that this is not a country of people like Terry Jones. Rather, this is a country where people like Terry Jones might end up all over the news, but also where Lee Ielpi, Henry Rollins, Amman Ali and Bassam Tariq can carve out their say. So here are a collection of things I saw and heard that gave me a broader view. Read more on Things that aren’t about Pastor Jones…

Posted in California, United States | Also tagged America, Asian, beat generation, cambodian community, Chinese, henry rollins, Internet, kcrw, khmer rouge, Lee Ielpi, Mohammad Saeed, Muslim, NBC, nbc nightly news, news, Ramadan, santa ana california, Terry Jones | Leave a comment

Where will you be on June 7?

By Angilee Shah | Published: June 1, 2010

Southern California friends, I’d love to see you at this event. If the chance to hear from Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ian Johnson doesn’t convince you, maybe this cool poster from Maritess Santiago at the UCI Humanities Collective will:

Posted in California, China, United States, world | Also tagged Ian Johnson, journalist, pulitzer prize, reporter, UCI | Leave a comment

Upcoming Events

By Angilee Shah | Published: April 24, 2010

While I am working on, well, all the different things I am working on, I am excited to be a part of two upcoming events in Southern California. One is a UCLA Extension writing seminar, “Writing in the Digital Age” on May 8. On June 7, I’ll be in conversation with Ian Johnson at UC Irvine, an event hosted by The China Beat, about his new book on the Muslim Brotherhood and his work in China.

Here’s the published blurbs about these events, but let me know if you want more information or if you have thoughts about what we should cover:

emerging in California

By Angilee Shah | Published: October 18, 2008

After just over a week in semi-hiding, I am proud to say that I’m back in California. It’s been one year and one week of traveling and teaching and writing (and eating) in Asia and it feels good to back where the avocados are cheap and the toilet paper is two-ply, even in public restrooms.

Smoking

By Angilee Shah | Published: October 24, 2007

I’m just catching up with the news about the wildfires in Southern California. A friend told me that the Los Angeles Times is really covering the story well — and it’s true. I really like the “Voices from the Field” stories — I was happy to see the coverage not focused on the Malibu elite, including a nice feature about a firefighter’s wife. The Governator is getting some good press out of this whole thing, as well.