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A young American real estate agent of Middle Eastern descent is framed by his co-workers in the wake of the September 11 attacks and sent to prison at Guantanamo Bay. Thirteen years later, he returns to Los Angeles under a false identity to exact revenge.

When a Korean family unexpectedly immigrates next door, Taylor, a 14-year old Korean-American adoptee discovers her roots and the whereabouts of her birth family.

Thomas, a sensitive and stubborn eleven-year-old boy, tries to make sense of his feelings for his piano teacher.

Gracie and Amir stop at a rundown gas station in the desert, where Gracie runs into a man identical to Amir. The lines between past and present start to blur as Gracie ponders an uncertain future.

A teenage saxophonist aspires to try out for jazz band despite the disapproval of his troubled single father.

Every morning, using a recipe discovered centuries ago, an immigrant chef continues his birthplace's noodle-making tradition.

Two estranged brothers visit their childhood spot in downtown Los Angeles in an attempt to reconcile. A past grudge resurfaces.

A police officer faces a difficult decision when he comes across a stranger waiting for an old friend.

A modern audience watches films from Chinese cinema's Golden Age. Produced for San Francisco's 1990 Institute and sponsored by the Center for Asian American Media.

On their first evening of rehearsals in 1953, jazz newcomer Charles Mingus confronts bandleaders Charlie Parker and Bud Powell about their destructive lifestyles.

A love letter to a university free speech landmark, seen here for the last time before its demolition.