Madison’s Asian American Media Spotlight

Madison’s Asian American Media Spotlight is an annual event that showcases brand new Asian American feature films and documentaries and hosts conversations with Asian American filmmakers about their work. It has been held as a standalone event since 2015, but the Asian American Studies Program at UW-Madison has a much longer history of hosting Asian American film series and collaborating with the Wisconsin Film Festival. These screenings help to diversify the media offerings available within the broader Madison community, and provide an outlet for our community to discuss the impact of Asian American media and broader issues facing Asian Americans.

Asian American Media Spotlight event archive

  • 2023 Madison’s Asian American Media Spotlight

    Thursday, October 5th – Monday, October 16th This year Madison’s Asian American Media Spotlight is sponsoring and co-sponsoring 5 in-person film screenings that include Waiting for the Light to Change (2022), Big Fight in Little Chinatown …

  • 2022 Madison’s Asian American Media Spotlight

    Thursday, October 13th – Saturday, October 15th Join us for a weekend of film screenings for Madison’s Asian American Media Spotlight. We will be showing three in-person films Bad Axe (2022), New York Ninja (2021), …

  • 2021 Madison’s Asian American Media Spotlight

    Saturday, October 16th – Tuesday, October 19th Join us for a weekend of film screenings for Madison’s Asian American Media Spotlight. We will be showing three in-person films and one film via virtual screening.  Be …

  • 2019 Madison’s Asian American Media Spotlight

    Join us for Madison’s Asian American Media Spotlight on Saturday, October 7th! We are screening two films on one day: SEADRIFT and MS. PURPLE. Both films will be followed by in-person Q&A with the filmmakers …

  • 2018 Madison’s Asian American Media Spotlight

    Join us for a weekend celebrating Asian American stories by Asian American filmmakers! All screenings are free and open to the public. Brought to you by the Asian American Studies Program at the University of …

  • 2017 Madison’s Asian American Media Spotlight

    Friday October 13th – Sunday, October 15th Join the Asian American Studies Program for three film screenings at UW-Madison. FINDING KUKAN, Q&A with Director Robin Lung | Friday Oct. 13, 7pm at Elvehjem L140 Documentary …

  • 2016 Madison’s Asian American Media Spotlight

    Friday, October 7th – Sunday, October 9th This event was inspired by the knowledge that media play an important role in initiating dialogue and educating audiences about issues in the Asian American community and what …

  • 2015 Madison’s Asian American Media Spotlight

    Join us for a weekend, October 10-11th, celebrating Asian American stories at Madison’s Asian American Media Spotlight, brought to you by the Asian American Studies Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Advantageous (2015), Oct 10, …