27th SFIAAFF Program Schedule

Keep your calendars open and check out the films - the program schedule is up at the 2009 SFIAAF site which you can get to by following this link. And while you definitely want to kick it to the site, here's a few notes from the films and programs.

**** FILMS ****

FRUIT FLY
World Premiere
SUN 3.15 6:15PM CASTRO FRUI15
H.P. Mendoza USA 2009 82mins

The composer and co-star of COLMA: THE MUSICAL
returns with this loud-and-proud, indie-Asian-gay
hijacking of THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG that aims
his poisoned pen and catchy Casio keyboards toward
San Francisco and the performance artists, irritating
roommates, fag hags, leather bears and versatile bottoms
that sing and dance therein.

DIRTY HANDS: THE ART AND CRIMES
OF DAVID CHOE
SAT 3.14 9:30PM CASTRO DIRT14
TUE 3.17 4:30PM KABUKI DIRT17
Harry Kim USA 2008 93mins

Street artist David Choe’s complex life and beguiling
work is obsessively chronicled in this documentary
by Harry Kim. Following Choe’s meteoric rise—and
spectacular crashes—over the last eight years, DIRTY
HANDS paints a portrait of the artist in all his troubled
but creative brilliance.

YOU DON’t KNOW JACK:
THE JACK SOO STORY
SUN 3.15 2:30PM KABUKI JACK15
WED 3.18 7:00PM KABUKI JACK18
Jeff Adachi USA 2009 60mins

The inspiring story of actor and performer Jack Soo
(FLOWER DRUM SONG; BARNEY MILLER), an Asian
American comic pioneer who was born Goro Suzuki in
Oakland, California, entertained fellow internees at a
Japanese internment camp, and was later known in San
Francisco’s Chinatown as “China’s funniest comedian.”
An intimate look at race, comedy, and ethnic identity,
from Jeff Adachi (THE SLANTED SCREEN).
WORLD PREMIERE

WHITE ON RICE
TUE 3.17 6:45PM KABUKI RICE17
FRI 3.20 7:00PM CAMERA RICE20
David Boyle USA 2009 85mins

Forty, divorced and sharing a bunk bed with his 10-yearold
nephew, Jimmy sets out to find the girl of his dreams.
But his cringe-inducing courtship of a beautiful younger
relative ends up wreaking havoc on the whole family. A
decidedly quirky vision of a man desperate to postpone
maturity—indefinitely.
WORLD PREMIERE, SAN JOSE OPENING NIGHT FILM

**** OTHER STUFF ****

Ang Lee in Con versation WITH LINDA WILLIAMS
Following a screening of LUST, CAUTION
TUE 3.17 7:00PM WHEELER ANGL17
Special Location: Wheeler Auditorium on the
UC Berkeley campus

Few directors can boast such a diverse reach within a
film’s subject and style as the great Taiwanese-born
Ang Lee. Join us for a special screening of LUST,
CAUTION, Lee’s lush recreation of Shanghai and
its perilous world of sexual obsession and political
resistance, followed by an intimate conversation with
the internationally acclaimed director.
Presented in cooperation with the “On the Same Page”
program of UC Berkeley’s College of Letters & Science
and Pacific Film Archive

MAKE YOUR MOVIE

Create your own film at the Festival. CAAM will be
loaning out Flip video cameras at the Festival Forum
(in Japantown’s Peace Plaza) on March 14, 2009. Grab a
camera and show us your festival experience; we’ll
select the best videos to premiere on
www.asianamericanmedia.org.

DIRECTIONS IN SOUND 2009

NOTES FROM THE
ASIAN AMERICAN UNDERGROUND
LIVE MUSIC + PERFORMANCE

FRI 3.13.09 9:00PM MINNA DIRE13
111 Minna Gallery 9PM, 21+

From glitch-infused breaks to original bay slaps.
Tech-hop fusion to heavy dread bass. True-school
heat to broken beats. Dirty disco to freaked-out funk.
Directions In Sound delivers yet another genre-bending
showcase featuring a lineup of rising stars you need to
know about, further proving that there is no end to the
future-forward music blowing up in the underground
around the globe. Don’t blink… You might just miss
the next big thing!

NOSAJ THING (Los Angeles)
TRACKADEMICKS (Honor Roll)
MOCHIPET (Daly City Records)
KUSH ARORA (Surya Dub)
DJ ZITA (B.A.S.S.)
TOKYO COMPONENT (fresco / theCulprits)
DJ PICKPOCKET (Donuts)
CITIZEN TEN (Lowpro Lounge)