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The Mikado Project premiering at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Fest

The Mikado Project to premiere at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival

WHO: The Mikado Project, a feature film directed by Chil Kong starring Tamlyn Tomita, Allen C. Liu, Erin Quill, David Lee McInnis, Gerald McCullouch, Yuri Tag, Raymond J. Lee with Rizwan Manji, Freda Foh Shen, and Ryun Yu. Executive produced by [...]

Just You by Dawen

Turtlist Media presents Dawen vol. 2
The 2nd and final video shot with Dawen at the New Communities symposium, Turtlist Media presents yet another piece to our initiative to create quality creative content for Asian American artists to help them share and inspire.
Enjoy!

Wake Up by Dawen

Turtlistmedia.com presents Dawen vol. 1
Part of our new direction in producing quality creative content for Asian American artists, Turtlist Media presents Wake Up by Dawen.
From the album American Me. Shot at Purdue University April 13, 2010 during the New Communities Symposium. Thanks to passionate APA leader Kate Agathon for making it all happen!

Declare INDIE 3 in Chicago April 16

Check out Dawen, Suejin Kim, and many others at the 3rd Declare INDIE showcase in Chicago, IL April 16!

The Delivery Boy, MAASU, and the beauty of collaboration

It’s been almost two years since I last worked on a narrative short and I’ve learned so much since then. Unveiled at the MAASU conference at Ohio State, The Delivery Boy received encouraging laughter and applause. It was refreshing to work on this and a whole lot of fun. I am very glad to be [...]

A real girl’s guide to acting and activism

It is said that representation is power, but what happens when others hold the means of production of our representation? What does it mean when Mr. Yunioshi of Breakfast at Tiffany’s lives on through the mass media’s commodification of William Hung? What can we conclude about the way in which the exotic “Orient” still finds [...]

Cynthia Lin Volume 2: Doppelganger

The second video in Turtlist Media’s outdoor session with Cynthia Lin, featuring her hit song Doppelganger.

Download her last two albums for FREESIES at www.CynthiaLin.com
Stay on the lookout for her newest album coming Spring 2010!

Cynthia Lin Vol. 1: Blue and Borderlined

The beginning of a new direction for Turtlist Media that produces more creative projects. Here is a video I shot with NYC singer Cynthia Lin during ITASA Midwest in Austin.
“Blue and Borderlined”
Cynthia Lin
Album: Blue and Borderlined (2005)

Video by Jason Lee
Turtlist Media
Austin, TX 27 March 2010

Download Blue and Borderlined for free at www.cynthialin.com
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RepresentAsian for the Other Asian! Rock the Census 2010

The census is coming and it is an incredible opportunity to make your presence known.
This video, from Slideshow Pictures and TaiwaneseAmerican.org, presents the importance of being counted during this opportunity that comes only once a decade. While this particular video calls out to the Taiwanese, there are so many other ethnicities and bi-racial identities that [...]

Look at THESE! The Slants reclaim their eyes

TaiwaneseAmerican.org and Turtlistmedia.com present an interview with The Slants!
This Oregon-based band combines the sounds of 80’s synth pop with fresh dance-punk melodies and style. Their name reclaims and celebrates the “slanted” eye as beautiful and something to be proud of. They are redefining the unlimited three-dimensionality of the Asian American body with each energy-packed [...]