5/31: Lailanie Moderates WORLD Channel’s Meet the Makers for AsianAmResilience Shorts
Lailanie Gadia moderates this WORLD Channel Meet the Makers discussion in honor of AANHPI Heritage Month, Mental Health Awareness Month, and to promote four of the seven #AsianAmResilience Shorts being programmed into two Local, USA episodes - Volume 1 and Volume 2.
Directors Quyên Nguyen-Le (In Living Memory), J.P. Dobrin (The Lookout), Joua Lee Grande (On All Fronts), and Frances "Frankie" Rubio (Recording for Dodie), four filmmakers who produced short films for ASIAN AMERICAN STORIES OF RESILIENCE AND BEYOND, discuss their intimate stories of courage and fortitude across the Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) community. Moderated by Lailanie Gadia, Operations Director at Asian American Documentary Network (A-Doc).
ASIAN AMERICAN STORIES OF RESILIENCE AND BEYOND: A series of seven documentary shorts that move beyond the pandemic and reflect the complexities of Asian American experiences in this critical moment.
In partnership with Asian American Documentary Network (A-Doc) and Center for Asian American Media (CAAM).
WATCH all seven shorts here on WORLD Channel’s YouTube. This series is nominated for a 2023 Daytime Emmy in the Short Form Program category.
