Peep this article! Asian actors only play terrorists or geeks, says Dev Patel Hollywood is institutionally racist, according to Dev Patel, the Slumdog Millionaire star, who claims Asian actors are limited to roles as terrorists, taxi drivers or geeks. When the film about the Mumbai slums became the surprise hit of last year, winning eight ...

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Yusef (Bobby Naderi) with Jehangir (Dominic Rains) One of my most anticipated films for the 2010 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, The Taqwacores (directed by Eyad Zahra) is a bold work of cinema that demands to be watched. What is the Taqwacore? It is a punk Islam movement which has spread throughout the West ...

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Who attended the LA Asian Pacific Film Festival this year?! I have been an attendee for the past 3 years or so. I’ve met a lot of cool people, and it’s always nice to see familiar faces this time of the year. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to attend everything I wanted. But I am very happy to tell you that the Armed with a Camera Fellowship and UCLA’s Video Ethnography workshop did a stupendous job this year!! I was graced with the oppurtunity to work on one of the short films (Slip and Slide, dir. Emily Lu), and it is always great to watch the finished project and hear the audience reaction.

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I came to Los Angeles to pursue my passion of being an actor with a social justice activist core. For the past three months, I worked hard to accomplish this goal within the Asian Pacific American community and have met some truly wonderful people along the way. Throughout my time here, I encountered Visual Communications ...

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