Share May 24, 2021, 12:13 AM Michigan-based filmmakers Razi Jafri and colleague Justin Feltman have produced a documentary on Hamtramck, showing how democracy works in America s first city with a Muslim-majority city council. “We should take pride in a place like Hamtramck,” Jafri tells The Detroit News. “It shows how multiculturalism can and should happen in the United States… It’s just a really great example of how we can build community and how Americans can get involved in the civic process.” The film is slated to air Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the World Channel s “America ReFramed” series.
Share May 24, 2021, 12:13 AM Michigan-based filmmakers Razi Jafri and colleague Justin Feltman have produced a documentary on Hamtramck, showing how democracy works in America s first city with a Muslim-majority city council. “We should take pride in a place like Hamtramck,” Jafri tells the Detroit News. “It shows how multiculturalism can and should happen in the United States. … It’s just a really great example of how we can build community and how Americans can get involved in the civic process.” The film is slated to air Tuesday at 8 p.m. as the latest episode in the WORLD Channel’s award-winning “America ReFramed” series.
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How to celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
By Diti Kohli Globe Correspondent,Updated May 6, 2021, 1:09 p.m.
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The work of Shen Wei (above) inspired Meditations on the Power of Community, a short film commenting on his paintings. Film director Lenora Lee is hosting a Q&A about her creation in the coming weeks, during AAPI Heritage Month.Jeffrey Sturges/Courtesy Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
This past year marked a tumultuous time for the United Statesâ vast Asian-American population of 20 million people. Marginalized communities bore the brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic, and anti-Asian hate crimes increased by 60 percent in Boston, according to the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at Cal State San Bernardino.
WORLD Channel, which shares the best of public media in news, documentaries and programming, will celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with a series of featured documentary films in May sharing the culturally significant stories that represent the more than 20 million Asian or Pacific Islander Americans in the United States, according to the U.S. Census. The films will be broadcast on WORLD Channel and stream on WORLDChannel.org.