Press Releases
Asian Pacific American Media Coalition’s Annual Television Report Card
LOS ANGELES – In the 12 years the Asian Pacific American Media Coalition (APAMC) has issued report cards grading the top four television networks on their efforts to include Asian Pacific Americans in their programming and business dealings, no company has received an F—until now.
MANAA ASSERTS OFFENSIVE USE OF YELLOWFACE MAKE-UP AND EXCLUSION OF ASIAN ACTORS IN THE FILM “CLOUD ATLAS”
LOS ANGELES - The Media Action Network for Asian Americans (MANAA) is criticizing the new Warner Brothers motion picture “Cloud Atlas”—promoted as artistically groundbreaking because its actors swap racial and sexual identities—as business-as-usual in its exclusion and offensive yellow-faced renditions of Asian people.
MANAA Praises DirecTV for Reprimanding Former Howard Stern Disc Jockey For Soliciting Racist Jokes Inspired By Jeremy Lin
LOS ANGELES-Media Action Network for Asian Americans (MANAA)--the only organization solely dedicated to monitoring the media and advocating balanced, sensitive, and positive depiction and coverage of Asian Americans--is praising DirecTV for disciplining two on-air talent who, after discussing New York Knicks point guard Jeremy Lin, asked their listeners to call in with “the most racist Asian jokes you know.”
MANAA Praises ESPN for Firing Over “Chink” Headline; Pushes For Better Oversight
LOS ANGELES-Media Action Network for Asian Americans (MANAA)--the only organization solely dedicated to monitoring the media and advocating balanced, sensitive, and positive depiction and coverage of Asian Americans--is praising ESPN for its handling of employees who used “chink in the armor” when reporting on New York Knicks point guard Jeremy Lin.
MANAA Announces Winner of Student Scholarship Award for Academic Year 2010–2011
March 18, 2011
Los Angeles - MANAA is pleased to announce the selection of Mr. Bao Nguyen as its recipient of the Student Scholarship Award for Academic year 2010–2011. His documentary film, "A Tree Falls in the Forest" was compelling and visually striking as it revealed the aftermath of 9/11 and its impact to the New York’s Chinatown community and business. Mr. Nguyen is a student in the School of Visual Arts in New York. He was selected from a number of very talented candidates, but his work stood out. One of the scholarship committee members stated, "Bao’s piece shows great potential. His film on New York’s Chinatown post-9/11 proves that the community is lacking the attention it deserves." Another committee member stated, "The aesthetics, interview subjects, and production value of Bao’s film is exceptional. I can see him breaking into mainstream work." One of his instructors, Deborah Dickson, stated in her nominating letter, "Bao’s work as a cinematographer stood out from the beginning. He brings care and vision to whatever he does... He will bring a special point of view and sensitivity to the story [of the Vietnamese fishing community after the BP oil spill] as a Vietnamese-American." We look forward to Mr. Nguyen being an important voice in film in the years to come.
Former MANAA Vice President, Leslie Ishii, Makes Triumphant Directorial Debut at East West Players in "Crimes of the Heart"
MANAA is pleased to announce that former MANAA Vice President, Leslie Ishii, has a success on her hands. She is directing "Crimes of the Heart," playing at East West Players from November 4 until December 5. This is Ishii's directorial debut. One of the reviewers calls her direction "spot-on" and the other reviewers asserted that her direction was "with a steady hand." See the links to the reviews, below. Congratulations, Leslie, on a job well done!
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MANAA Announces Its Eighth Annual Filmmaking Scholarship
LOS ANGELES- MANAA, the Media Action Network for Asian Americans, is pleased to announce one $1000 scholarship for currently enrolled graduate and undergraduate students interested in pursuing careers as filmmakers and in television production (not broadcast journalism).
Formed in 1992, MANAA is the only organization solely dedicated to monitoring the media and advocating balanced, sensitive, and positive depiction and coverage of the Asian American community.
VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS ANNOUNCES THE 2010-2011 ARMED WITH A CAMERA FELLOWSHIP FOR EMERGING MEDIA ARTISTS
LOS ANGELES – Visual Communications (VC) is pleased to announce that it is now accepting applicants for its 2010-2011 Armed with a Camera Fellowship. The Armed with a Camera Fellowship is open to any applicants of Asian Pacific American descent who are under the age
of 30 and have had previous work in a film festival, an exhibition screening or any program of the The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival or VC exhibitions program. VC will award up to ten fellows a fellowship package including a cash grant of $500, access to equipment, editing facilities, training and workshops from industry professionals and mentorship, to complete a five-minute digital video within a five-month span of time.
MANAA Announces Its Seventh Media Scholarship
LOS ANGELES- MANAA, the Media Action Network for Asian Americans, is pleased to announce one $1000 scholarship for currently enrolled graduate and undergraduate students interested in pursuing careers as filmmakers and in television production (not broadcast journalism). Formed in 1992, MANAA is the only organization solely dedicated to monitoring the media and advocating balanced, sensitive, and positive depiction and coverage of the Asian American community.
