Asian Counterfutures

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Asian American Arts Alliance (A4) is pleased to partner with Metrograph on a special screening around the topic of Asian Counterfutures. A critical component of our mission is to challenge traditional depictions of Asians and Asian Americans in American cinema as either wholly absent, derogatory, or otherwise misrepresented. This program centers contemporary Asian artists and filmmakers invested in decelerating a future rife with exacerbated inequity. Whether expressing pessimism about humanity in the face of automation or a desire to escape earthly existence altogether, these four short films prompt new questions about where we’re headed.

Films screening in program:

Sinofuturism (2016) by Lawrence Lek
Cyber Palestine (1999) by Elia Suleiman
Virtually Asian (2020) by Astria Suparak
LA VISITEUSE (The Visitor, 2021) by Marit Liang

Discussion with filmmaker Marit Liang and writer Dawn Chan to follow.

There will be an encore screening on Sunday, September 29.