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Asian American Festival to Feature Asian Women Filmmakers Panel

The 37th Asian American International Film Festival (July 24-August 2) in New York City will host a panel of five Asian women directors, writers, and producers to discuss their thoughts and experiences on capturing an ever-globalizing world.

Titled “Asian Women Filmmakers Taking on the Wider World,” the expected panelists are Hannah Espia (director of Transit), Cho Li (director of The Rice Bomber), Yeh Ju-Feng (producer of The Rice Bomber, Red Cliff), and Chuti Tiu (writer/star/co-producer of Pretty Rosebud). Filmmaker S. Casper Wong will moderate.

Co-hosted by the Asian American Women Media Makers, the panel will take place at 4 PM on July 25, 2014, at the Museum of Chinese in America.

AASIF is the longest running festival to showcase independent Asian and Asian American cinema. Visit the AASIF site to get free tickets to the panel.

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