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As the outbreak progressed, Trump’s casual use of the term stoked the fire of xenophobia which is now blazing, with numerous reports of harassment of Asians and Asian Americans across the country. The Asian Pacific Policy and Planning Council’s Stop AAPI Hate, an open forum to report discrimination against Asian Americans, has received more than 900 reports since it launched March 19. From threatening notes saying “Take the Chinese virus back to China” to a man spitting on Chinese woman, the number of incidents continues to grow. The FBI recently put out a report on the surge of Asian American hate crimes and documented a case in which a 2-year-old and 6-year-old were stabbed because the suspect thought they were Chinese and infecting others with coronavirus. The levels of severity with these stories vary from frightening to devastating — and it will resonate throughout the Asian communities long after this pandemic comes to an end. … [Read more...] about Coping With COVID-19 Crisis: Hollywood’s Asian Community Calls On Allies For Support As Coronavirus Misinformation Incites Hate

Growing up Filipino in the United States, whenever you told someone that you’re Filipino, all they really knew was Imelda Marcos’ shoes and Manny Pacquiao. Anytime we’ve seen anything in film or TV about the Philippines, it’s always some kind of poverty porn — it’s the Philippines as “the other.” The Philippines is very much like [American] culture. One of the things that was really important in our show is that we didn’t want to make it this weird, exotic world. We wanted to really show how similar we are and that we’re not “the other.” We’re part of the culture. I think that’s one of the great successes of the show, is that when people watch it, it doesn’t feel like an odd, alien world. It is exciting in that you’re looking at things and seeing people you’ve never seen before. … [Read more...] about ‘Almost Paradise’s Dean Devlin Goes Back To His Roots With First-Ever American TV Series Shot In The Philippines

On Tuesday, AFI unveiled the launch of AFI Movie Club, designed to be “a daily virtual gathering to leverage our collective love of film on behalf of optimism in this time of global uncertainty.” Steven Spielberg, an AFI Trustee and 1995 recipient of the AFI Life Achievement Award, introduced the first movie chosen — 1939’s immortal Oscar-winning classic The Wizard of Oz — with a video (see it below) in which he is standing in front of a stunning French poster of another classic, Doctor Zhivago. In the video, he explains the reason the debut film was chosen for the honor. “I know you think you’ve seen it, but please think again because right now at this moment in our history what better message is there then ‘There’s no place like home’? ” … [Read more...] about Steven Spielberg Launches American Film Institute’s New Daily AFI Movie Club With ‘The Wizard Of Oz’

"Now I know you think you've seen it but think again, because right now at this moment in history what better message is there then, 'there's no place like home,' the director said in an introductory message of the club's first film.  … [Read more...] about American Film Institute, Steven Spielberg Launch AFI Movie Club

In his introductory message, Spielberg said of the 1939 musical classic, "Now I know you think you've seen it but think again, because right now at this moment in history what better message is there then, 'there's no place like home'." … [Read more...] about AFI Launches Quarantine Movie Club With Steven Spielberg