11 Films That Highlight and Reflect Asian American Experiences
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It’s that time of the year again: Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month. There are often lists of Asian American content for readers to watch with the same films on them, such as the iconic
Joy Luck Club, the Filipino American centric
The Debut, coming-of-age drama
Saving Face
. These films do highlight Asian American cultures, including our struggles against stereotypes and “Model Minority” themes. But they are not the only films that showcase our identities and place in the world.
With the success of Academy Award-nominated films like
The Lymbar, 4201 Main, is coming to The Ion this fall. The craft cocktail bar and restaurant is bringing Latin and Mediterranean flavors from chef David Cordua, currently executive chef and owner of David + Michael Cordua Events. Cordua is also the former executive chef/owner of Americas and Churrascos. Cordua is partnering with his father Michael Cordua on the new project.
This will be the first brick and mortar concept from father and son since their departure from Cordua Restaurants in September 2018. Michael Cordua, a native of Nicaragua, founded the critically acclaimed Churrascos in 1988, introducing Houston to a new wave of Latin cuisine. Son David was born in Houston and graduated from Le Cordon Bleu in Paris. David helped to oversee the family s restaurant group concepts, Americas, Churrascos, Artista and Amazon Grill from 2007 to 2018. Churrascos and Amazon Grill on the Go are now operated by Churrascos Restaurant Group.
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Few individuals have enjoyed such a successful, varied and influential career in Hollywood as 84-year-old actor, story editor, writer, director, producer and studio executive John Wilder.
Courtesy John Wilder
“My parents loved Westerns. My mother’s family were pioneers; they were the first four wagons into Seattle, Washington. When I was five, in a little house on American Lake in Washington, we’d listen to the radio, to the
Adventures of Red Ryder. Two years later I’m at the microphone doing the voice of the little Indian boy.”
John Wilder’s journey from kid, to kid actor, to TV writer, to writer-producer seemed almost predestined to prepare him for the crowning achievement of his career: writing and producing the monumental 26-hour miniseries, James H. Michener’s
Since Tales from the Fifth Floor – home of the executive team of the Austin Police Department – is such a long-running soap opera, we ve had a chance to visit with its characters more than once over the decades. (All dates below are when we published, either in print or online, not when the events actually occurred.)
2004:
May 28: Sgt. Jason Dusterhoft figures in a kerfuffle within the Austin Police Association. A push to recall the union s then-president Mike Sheffield cites his ratting out Dusterhoft, then APA board secretary, for using his official city email and not the union s to communicate with officers.