Many of the Bay Area Asian American filmmakers represented in this program will be attending the screening and the reception. Program selected by Jane Muramoto.

Tattoo City
The Japanese art of full-body tattooing is explored in a series of personal accounts and provocative images. Emiko Omori makes the Japanese motifs come alive in a swirl of rich colors and folklorical designs.
• Directed by Emiko Omori. (28 mins, color)

Sewing Woman
Based on oral histories and the life of Zem Ping Dong, an immigrant woman who has worked in Chinatown's sewing factories for over 30 years, the film traces the Sewing Woman's life from girlhood in the villages of China to maturity in present-day America.
• Directed by Arthur Dong. (14 mins)

I Am the Master of My Boat
An experimental short depicting the filmmaker's subconscious journey through his familiar Chinatown surroundings and life's “dark sea of existence.”
• Directed by Lambert Yam. (8 mins)

Mirror Points
“I try to make films to express myself. I make myself try to express film. I expressly make films to try myself.” --Ruby Yang
• Directed by Ruby Yang. (6 mins)

Manongs
A work-in-progress documenting the 10-year struggle over the International Hotel in San Francisco's Manilatown/Chinatown.
• Directed by Curtis Choy and Chris Chow. (10 mins)