The tenth annual Asian American Showcase, presented by the Foundation for Asian American Independent Media and the Gene Siskel Film Center, runs Friday, March 31, through Thursday, April 13, with screenings at the Film Center. Tickets are $9, $7 for students, and $5 for Film Center members; for more information call 312-846-2600. Following are works screening through Thursday, April 6; for a full festival schedule visit www.chicagoreader.com.
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There’s much more right with Frank Chin, the outspoken Chinese-American novelist, playwright, and intellectual: in the 1970s his pioneering media studies skewered pop-culture stereotypes like Charlie Chan, and by spearheading the first-ever Asian American writers’ conference he opened doors for an entire generation of authors. This stimulating 2005 video documentary by Curtis Choy reveals how Chin’s showmanship pervades his every undertaking, from the Asian American Theatre Workshop to the first Remembrance Day protesting U.S. internment camps during World War II. Loud, cranky, and dismissive, Chin may not be at his most attractive when butting heads with rivals (notably Maxine Hong Kingston), but he’s never less than inspirational. 97 min. (AG) Chin will attend the screening. (3:00)
The Achievers
R Only the Brave
Behind Closed Doors
Purity
