Tuesday, March 13, 2007

Class of 1997: 10 Years Later; by: Oliver Wang (SFIAAFF)


Six filmmakers, four narrative features, one year. The Class of 1997 comprised Quentin Lee and Justin Lin's SHOPPING FOR FANGS, Rea Tajiri's STRAWBERRY FIELDS, Michael Idemoto and Eric Nakamura's SUNSETS and Chris Chan Lee's YELLOW. The arrival of this quartet in time for the '97 SFIAAFF may have just been coincidence, but looking at the long-term evolution of Asian American independent filmmaking, it's as if a critical mass had been waiting to coalesce. See Full Story

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