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Actor Tim Lounibos - Hopeful Opportunities Ahead for APA's in Hollywood Movies and Television

Posted by AC Team - on Tuesday, 08 October 2019

Actor Tim Lounibos - Hopeful Opportunities Ahead for APA's in Hollywood Movies and Television
October 8, 2019 Hollywood   Actor Tim Lounibos wrote on his Facebook page  about the positive changes he is currently experiencing in Hollywood. We caught up with him to share his thoughts with us. Asian Americans have historically found limited opportunities as actors in movies and television in Hollywood, but fortunately for Tim he had a great start as a busy actor in the 1990s, but then his career went off a cliff - temporarily.  We thank Tim for sharing his...

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Jessica Yu's PING PONG PLAYA

Posted by AC Team on Saturday, 12 July 2008.

Academy-Award-winning director Jessica Yu's PING PONG PLAYA is the AAIFF08 Closing Night Presentation.

COMPILED BY LIA CHANG FROM THE AAIFF.ORG/2008 WEBSITE

In her narrative feature debut, Academy-Award-winning director Jessica Yu (BREATHING LESSONS: THE LIFE AND WORK OF MARK O'BRIEN, IN THE REALMS OF THE UNREAL) departs from her usual fare of documentary film into the sport of ping pong and, along the way, lampoons the common perceptions and misconceptions regarding the Asian American experience for the AAIFF08 Closing Night Presentation: PING PONG PLAYA.

In PING PONG PLAYA, all that's politically correct and incorrect coalesces in Christopher "C-dub" Wang, Jimmy Tsai's caricature of a trash talkin', smart aleck, b-baller-wannabe who spends his time lamenting the genetic shortcomings that have prevented him from becoming the first Chinese American to play in the NBA. When older brother, doctor and model minority, Michael (Roger Fan, FINISHING THE GAME, BETTER LUCK TOMORROW), sustains a wrist injury, it's up to C-dub to defend the family's title at the National Golden Cock Tournament.

The Closing Night Reception & Awards Ceremony will follow the screening. The filmmaker discusses her creative process in an intimate "One On One with Jessica Yu," Saturday, July 19 at 145pm, as part of our inaugural New Landscapes: Media & Its Adaptations panel series.

When: Thursday, Jul 19, 700pm
Where: Asia Society, 725 Park Avenue (at 70th St)
Tickets: Closing Night Presentation & Awards Ceremony $30 | Members $20. To order tickets or for more info, call 212.327.9385 or visit aaiff.org/2008.