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Asian American International Film Festival Presents: THE OPPOSITE OF A FAIRY TALE

We are happy to partner with the Asian American International Film Festival (AAIFF) in presenting the following film! To take advantage of AABANY’S 25% discount rate for any film showing at AAIFF (excluding the Opening, Centerpiece, and Closing Night films), go to http://aaiff.org/2016/schedule and enter the promo code AABANYaaiff16 after you’ve added your desired ticket(s) to your Shopping Cart.

AAIFF is the first and longest running festival in the country devoted to films by and about Asians and Asian Americans. This year, AAIFF will run from July 21 through July 30, 2016.  Please visit http://aaiff.org/2016 for more information. 

THE OPPOSITE OF A FAIRY TALE in the MADE IN NY Shorts Program + Q&A | 7:00pm, Sat., July 23 | Village East Cinema, 181-189 2nd Ave., New York, NY 10003

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THE OPPOSITE OF A FAIRY TALE is a short film in the MADE IN NY Shorts Program, and focuses on a kind social worker who befriends an elderly patient in a nursing home.  The social worker soon discovers that the patient is subject to elder abuse.  After the screening of the shorts program, there will be a Q&A Panel that includes Jennifer Betit Yen, the writer/producer of THE OPPOSITE OF A FAIRY TALE.

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Asian American International Film Festival Presents: HIDDEN HISTORIES & THE POWER OF NARRATIVE FILM

We are happy to partner with the Asian American International Film Festival (AAIFF) in presenting the following film! To take advantage of AABANY’s 25% discount rate for any film showing at AAIFF (excluding the Opening, Centerpiece, and Closing Night films), go to http://aaiff.org/2016/schedule and enter the promo code AABANYaaiff16 after you’ve added your desired ticket(s) to your Shopping Cart.

AAIFF is the first and longest running festival in the country devoted to films by and about Asians and Asian Americans.  This year, AAIFF will run from July 21 through July 30, 2016.  Please visit http://aaiff.org/2016 for more information. 

HIDDEN HISTORIES & THE POWER OF NARRATIVE FILM: TELLING THE STORY OF JAPANESE AMERICAN INCARCERATION AND BEYOND (Shorts Program + Panel) | 1:30pm, Sat., July 23 | Village East Cinema, 181-189 2nd Ave., New York, NY 10003

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This short film program explores our tragic history of Japanese American internment camps during World War II.  Some highlights include THE ORANGE STORY, the story of an elderly Japanese American who must sell all his belongings and report to an “assembly center” for internment assignment, and A SONG FOR MANZANAR, a true story about a young mother who tries to keep her young son hopeful in the Manzanar internment camp while trying to communicate with her sister who still lives in Hiroshima.

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Asian American International Film Festival Presents: LGBTQ Shorts Program + Q&A

We are happy to partner with the Asian American International Film Festival (AAIFF) in presenting the following film! To take advantage of AABANY’s 25% discount rate for any film showing at AAIFF (excluding the Opening, Centerpiece, and Closing Night films), go to http://aaiff.org/2016/schedule and enter the promo code AABANYaaiff16 after you’ve added your desired ticket(s) to your Shopping Cart.

AAIFF is the first and longest running festival in the country devoted to films by and about Asians and Asian Americans.  This year, AAIFF will run from July 21 through July 30, 2016.  Please visit http://aaiff.org/2016 for more information. 

LGBTQ Shorts Program + Q&A | 1:00pm, Sun., July 24 | Village East Cinema, 181-189 2nd Ave, New York, NY 10003

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This short film program explores the many ways that the LGBTQ and Asian American communities intersect.  Some highlights include a lesbian Chinese daughter arguing with her mother about legalizing gay marriage in Ballot and a transgendered, adopted activist returning to her native Korea in Coming Full Circle.

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Asian American International Film Festival Presents: BREATHIN’: THE EDDY ZHENG STORY

We are happy to partner with the Asian American International Film Festival (AAIFF) in presenting the following film! To take advantage of AABANY’s 25% discount rate for any film showing at AAIFF (excluding the Opening, Centerpiece, and Closing Night films), go to http://aaiff.org/2016/schedule and enter the promo code AABANYaaiff16 after you’ve added your desired ticket(s) to your Shopping Cart.

AAIFF is the first and longest running festival in the country devoted to films by and about Asians & Asian Americans.  This year, AAIFF will run from July 21 through July 30, 2016.  Please visit http://aaiff.org/2016 for more information. 

BREATHIN’: THE EDDY ZHENG STORY + Q&A | Dir. Ben Wang | USA | 7:30pm, Fri., July 22 | Village East Cinema, 181-189 2nd Ave., New York, NY 10003

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Arrested at 16 and tried as an adult for kidnapping and robbery, Eddy Zheng served over 20 years in California prisons and jails. Director Ben Wang’s film paints an intimate portrait of Eddy—the prisoner, the immigrant, the son, the activist—on his journey to freedom, rehabilitation and redemption.

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