Year: 2021

Departments

PPASC: How Richard Chew and Other Film Pioneers Raised Asian American Visibility

May 25, 2021

Asian American picture editors Chew, Lisa Lassek and William Hoy, ACE, discussed their influences, their careers and the cultural experiences that shaped them during a “Celebrating Asian Pacific Heritage Month” Zoom seminar hosted by Edie Ichioka, ACE, on May 15 and presented by MPEG’s Pan Pacific Asian Steering Committee. The panel also deconstructed examples of their work and offered advice to members in the well-received session. […]

Industry

WSJ: Biden’s Big Labor Bind

May 23, 2021

“If Washington’s grand infrastructure talks collapse, as they likely will,” writes Kimberly Strassel in The Wall Street Journal, “expect the usual finger-pointing from both sides. … Biden’s top agenda item is boosting organized labor—a payoff to the unions that spent big to propel him to victory. […]