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FREE screening at the 2017 Powell Street Festival! 

Aug 5 Saturday, 1:30pm – 2:00pm, Firehall Theatre

Curated by Hapa-palooza co-founder and award-winning filmmaker, Jeff Chiba Stearns, Hapa-palooza is proud to co-present this year’s Mixed Flicks screening of ALMOST ASIAN at the Powell Street Festival. 

Created by part Japanese and German actor, Katie Malia, Almost Asian, is a new comedy web series that follows a woman’s everyday life in Los Angeles as a half-Asian. The screening will feature specially selected episodes from Katie’s popular hit series which was recently featured on NPR. Katie, who writes, directs, and stars in Almost Asian, will be in attendance from LA for a moderated Q&A session directly following the screening, hosted by Nicole Yukiko. (40 minutes)

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FREE screening at the 2017 Powell Street Festival!

Aug 6 Sunday, 4:30pm – 5:00pm, Firehall Theatre

Award winning short film screening at the Firehall Arts Centre, co-presented with the Hapa-palooza Festival. Curated by Hapa-palooza co-founder and award-winning filmmaker, Jeff Chiba Stearns, Hapa-palooza is proud to co-present this year’s Mixed Flicks screenings of the short films, BORN WITH IT and BLASIAN NARRATIVES at the 2017 Powell Street Festival. 

This program of short films looks at the mixed Japanese and Black experience both in Japan and North America. The award-winning short film, BORN WITH IT, directed by Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour, tells the story of a 6-year-old sheltered African-Japanese boy who goes on a search to find out why his skin is darker than his new Japanese classmates. BLASIAN NARRATIVES is a multi-media “Docu-Theatre” project that intimately explores the intersection and identities of mixed race Black & Asian individuals through live performances and film. 40 minutes.