Audio Podcast #16 Asian Cinema Week

Celebrate ASIAN CINEMA WEEK: The MoviesByWomen hosts catch up with the LA Asian Pacific Film Festival now in its 24th year!  Our featured filmmaker D. Lee Inosanto is not only the actress, writer, director, producer and stunt woman of her debut feature - she’s also the niece of infamous action hero Bruce Lee.

Podcast #16: Celebrate ASIAN CINEMA WEEK with MBW PODCAST 16: MBW takes a look back at the 24th annual LA Asian Pacific Film Festival and women directors of Asian cinema.   Also an in-depth interview with writer, director, producer, and actor AND stuntwoman D. Lee Inosanto.  We learn about her feature debut THE SENSEI about a bullied gay teen during the dawn of the AIDS epidemic.  The hosts also discuss Inosanto’s Uncle Bruce who is the infamous Bruce Lee.

THE SENSEI takes place in the plains of Colorado during the dawn of the AIDS epidemic when it was called the gay plague. THE SENSEI is about a lonely, bullied gay teen named McClain, who is recovering from a previous suicide attempt after losing his closest friend.

Your Hosts & directors Tara Veneruso, Stephanie Young, and Lucy Rodriguez-Watson get the entire story and talk with publicist Matt Johnstone about the Visual Communications’ Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival which is Southern California’s largest and most prestigious film festival of its kind.  From comedy and drama to documentaries and shorts, the 24th edition of this week long festival shares the stories of Asian Pacifics in America and abroad.

• Runtime: 26:47m.
• Format: MP3, 30.7MB.
• Download: LINK

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BONUS MATERIAL: Watch The Sensei Trailer here.