Visual Communications Movie Trailers
Most Popular Visual Communications Trailers
Total trailers found: 25
People Unite! Trailer (2022)
05 March 2022
In the face of AAPI violence, an intergenerational coalition of Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian, People of Color organizers come together to organize a march across historic Washington Heights and Harlem, as a continuation of the historic and radical Black and Asian solidarity tradition.
Daughter of Guam Trailer (2024)
11 May 2024
A young woman contends with her role as a Daughter of Guam. Contemplating the inherited burden of her island’s collective loss, the Daughter of Guam learns to navigate her responsibility to her island’s collective healing.
Butterfly/Bataplai Trailer (2023)
05 May 2023
Raya loves makeup but her family does not. She’s torn between her secret dream of being a makeup artist and her family’s strict religious beliefs.
Hito Hata: Raise the Banner Trailer (1980)
06 December 1980
The film looks back at the life of a man named Oda and other Japanese Americans through the decades as they face great challenges and joys living in the United States.
I Hate Big Phony Trailer (2016)
22 April 2016
For all intents and purposes, 2015 was seemingly a banner year for singer/songwriter Bobby Choy (aka Big Phony).
Disintegration 93-96 Trailer (2017)
03 May 2017
Living in the USA illegally for over 20 years, Miko Revereza reflects on his family's relocation from Manila to Los Angeles in this introspective essay film.
Lil Tokyo Reporter Trailer (2012)
14 September 2012
1935 Los Angeles, community leader Sei Fujii uncovers the corrupt activities of his community's underground mafia.
Kites and Other Tales Trailer (1975)
01 January 1975
Modern kite maker Tom Joe seeks to preserve the craft of kite making as well as the traditional Asian folklore behind it.
Wataridori: Birds of Passage Trailer (1976)
01 January 1976
This important tribute to the issei (first generation Japanese Americans) integrates the stories of three people who describe a collective history through their personal memories.
Dear Sally, Trailer (2020)
28 September 2020
In 1953, a young man in Los Angeles wrote to a young woman in St. Louis. The letters between the pen pals evolved into a courtship that spanned over four years.
The Many Pink Triangles Trailer (2020)
27 November 2020
This documentary tells the story of the LGBTTI communities who have suffered persecution, prison and torture for their sexual condition under different military dictatorships in recent decades.
Cruisin' J-Town Trailer (1975)
01 January 1975
Celebrates the music and influences of contemporary Asian American culture on Dan Kuramoto, June Okida Kuramoto, and Johnny Mori — three musicians who make up the core of the jazz fusion band Hiroshima.
Chinatown 2-Step Trailer (1975)
01 January 1975
Capturing the all-American fervor of parade competition, CHINATOWN 2-STEP profiles the Los Angeles Chinese Drum and Bugle Corps, an important fixture of the Chinese American community.
Na Pua O Laka Trailer (1987)
01 January 1987
NA PUA O LAKA foregrounds the perpetuation of the Hawaiian culture in Southern California. Sissy Kaʻio is a kumu hula, or teacher of Hula, who both explains and demonstrates how to teach the Hula.
Pieces of a Dream Trailer (1974)
01 January 1974
A lyrical, expressive film history of Asian Pacific Americans on the Sacramento River delta.
Thank You, Come Again Trailer (2020)
30 October 2020
After the trigger of a hate crime, an undocumented Indian American convenience store clerk comes crashing into his subconscious as he grieves the passing of his father during an attempted border crossing.
unseen Trailer (2023)
21 April 2023
An aspiring social worker, Pedro must confront political restrictions as a blind, undocumented immigrant to get his college degree and support his family.
Come Together Trailer (2024)
02 May 2024
Inspired by the 1978 documentary “Omai Fa’atasi: Samoa Mo Samoa,” a teenage girl growing up in a strict Samoan household lives the same day everyday cooking, cleaning, and taking care of her siblings until she joins a community organization that helps her realize her full potential.
Vaitafe: Running Water Trailer (1981)
01 January 1981
A follow-up to the groundbreaking Visual Communications documentary OMAI FA'ATASI: SAMOA MO SAMOA, this fictionalized account of Vaitafe Futu, a gifted Samoan youth who travels from Pago Pago to pursue an education in Los Angeles offers a wholistic portrait of a newer Asian Pacific American community.
Samoan Americans in Carson Trailer (2017)
01 January 2017
June Pouesi, director of the Office of Samoan Affairs, describes the waves of immigration from American Samoa that led to the development of the Samoan community.
Claiming A Voice: The Visual Communications Story Trailer (1990)
01 January 1990
Documentary on the Los Angeles-based media arts group, Visual Communications. The one-hour film chronicles their first twenty years, 1970-1990, of producing media by and about Asian Pacific Americans.
Lisa Mania Trailer (2022)
23 August 2022
After Dom begins having suspicions about his wife, he goes to the seemingly wrong person for advice, leading him down a rabbit hole of drug fueled paranoia that threatens his mind, his heart, and his groin.
Grassroots Rising Trailer (2005)
01 January 2005
GRASSROOTS RISING, directed by Robert C. Winn, explores the re-emergence of Asian Pacific American labor activism in Los Angeles among people from all walks of life, from a Pilipino American domestic worker, a Chinese American laundry worker-turned-union activist, a Korean American restaurant waitress fighting wage theft, a group of Thai women forced to labor in an underground sweatshop, to Korean American and Mexican American grocery store workers fighting for safer working conditions.
Omai Fa'atasi: Samoa Mo Samoa Trailer (1978)
01 January 1978
The dilemmas and challenges facing Samoan Americans are frankly explored in this film about Omai Fa’atasi, a Southern Californian community group.
Wong Singsaang Trailer (1971)
01 January 1971
Short film produced by Visual Communications, the United States first Asian American film production company.
