Self Evident: Asian America’s Stories
Society & Culture:Documentary
Three intimate conversations reveal how we deal with changes to our most deeply rooted identities, and how we tell the people who matter most.
“Unspoken”
Documentary filmmaker Patrick G. Lee tells Cathy about the unexpected ways that coming out affected his family.
“The Debut”
Producer Preeti Varathan and her cousin Srinidhi unpack complicated feelings about their larger-than-life, coming-of-age musical performances.
“Buzz Cut”
Old college friends L and Sindhu reunite to talk about why they decided to cut off their hair.
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Shout Outs
Thanks to Sindhu Gnanasambandan for the conversation with L, and all the members of our community panel who gave us feedback on these stories.
Credits
Produced by Julia Shu, Preeti Varathan, and Alex Laughlin
Edited by Cheryl Devall
Production support by James Boo
Sound engineering by Timothy Lou Ly
Theme music by Dorian Love
Music by Blue Dot Sessions and Epidemic Sound
Sound effects by Soundsnap
Self Evident is a Studiotobe production. Season 1 is presented by the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM), the Ford Foundation, and our listener community. Our show was incubated at the Made in New York Media Center by IFP.
About CAAM: CAAM (Center for Asian American Media) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to presenting stories that convey the richness and diversity of Asian American experiences to the broadest audience possible. CAAM does this by funding, producing, distributing, and exhibiting works in film, television, and digital media. For more information on CAAM, please visit www.caamedia.org. With support from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, CAAM provides production funding to independent producers who make engaging Asian American works for public media.
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We Hear You (3/3)
Here Comes the Neighborhood (2/3)
Bonus: Mulan 1998 (A Reflection)
Hate Goes Viral (1/3)
Bonus: What Are We Showing Up For?
Bonus: Unpacking Pandemic Racism
Self Evident Presents: Sharing Asian America's Stories
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The Talk We Were Supposed to Have
Bonus: On Class, Kinship, and Being Bangladeshi in Asian America
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