A new wave of ICE arrests is expected to begin this Sunday in at least 10 cities across the country. We’re fighting back by suing to stop mass deportations of refugee families. Here’s what you can do to fight back in your community:
Author: Greggory W Morris
ACLU
New York Asian American Film Festival Closing This Evening, July 14 – THE WHITE STORM 2: DRUG LORDS Is Its Closing Night Film
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NYAFF Closing Night Sunday, July 14
THE WHITE STORM 2 DRUG LORDS closing the NYAFF 2019, Sunday, July 14, 2019
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SAMURAI MARATHON Film Review
Based on a real event in the late 1880s, a competition that that persists today, SAMURAI MARATHON, starring Takeru Satoh, Nana Komatsu and Mirai Moriyama, and directed by Bernard Rose, should rock the cinematic richter scales when it is released. It was the opening night film for the 2019 NYAFF.
As Bill Paxton’s Severen Said in NEAR DARK, ‘Yoo-hoo, Mayor de Blasio …’
NYC Bike Family Mass Die-in, Washington Square Park, July 9, 2019 by Transportation Alternatives. #NYCBikeFamily staged mass die-in to protest the killing of cyclists. Non-violent, peaceful memorial event. Drivers have killed 15 people on bikes this year — more than double the number killed this time last year.
#NYCBikeFamily: “We deserve safe passage. We deserve the pure joy of riding a bike. We will not stop riding and we will not accept this injustice.
Making sure that “Mayor Bill de Blasio knows that the NYC Bike Family will not stand for the threat on our lives. Vision Zero is in a state of emergency, and the only way to stop the killings is to break New York City’s car culture.
Breaking NYAFF News
Jade Leung and Michael Tong Present THE FATAL RAID 辣警霸王花 2 不義之戰 …
An ultraviolent cops vs. gangsters bloodbath with casualties on both sides. Fast forward 20 years, a surviving cop team member Madam Fong (Jade Leung, Black Cat) leads a new squad in pursuit of freckless young anarchists terrorizing Macao. An apparition from that fatal day shows up – bringing everything full circle. With badass modern women warriors at the forefront, director Jacky Lee showcasing his hyperbolic styling of classic Hong Kong action, bringing back irrepressible ‘girls with guns’ sub-genre in full bombastic force.
Pictures of NYAFF Opening Night, June 29
Pictures of opening night. Film review in the works for opening night movie, SAMURAI MARATHON.
NYAFF 2019 Trailer
NYAFF Film Descriptions
Capsuled descriptions of films at NYAFF 2019.
The 18th New York Asian Film Festival Begins Today, Friday, June 28
Five international premieres, 23 North American premieres, four U.S. premieres, and eight New York premieres, showcasing the most exciting action, comedy, drama, thriller, romance, horror, and art-house films from East Asia, and bringing close to 30 directors and nine actors from Asia.