Page 10 n THE ASIAN REPORTER Asian Heritage Issue May 1, 2023 Oregon Public Broadcasting to feature shows with an Asian focus throughout Heritage Month Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) has released its schedule of Asian-related programs, shows, and documen- taries airing during Asian Heritage Month. The organiz- ation is featuring pieces created by the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM), Oregon Experience, Pacific Heartbeat, America ReFramed, Independent Lens, and others. The list of features include premieres of Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV on Tuesday, May 16, and Fanny: The Right to Rock on Monday, May 22. Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV traces the life and work of the avant-garde artist best known as the father of video art who coined the term “electronic superhighway.” Fanny: The Right to Rock tells the story of the first all-women band to release an album with a major record label. Locally produced shows, such as episodes of Oregon Experience, include Oregon’s Japanese Americans on May 8 and Massacre at Hells Canyon on May 15. In addition, segments of Asian Americans, the five-part series released in 2020, traces the epic story of Asian Americans spanning 150 years of immigration, racial politics, international relations, and cultural innovation. The programming is scheduled to air on both OPB and OPB World. Several shows are also streaming online through various services, including <www.pbs.org>. For more information, call (503) 293-1982. To learn more, or to view the full schedule online, visit <www.opb.org>. Below is a partial schedule: Asian Americans: “Breaking Ground” May 1, 9:00pm, OPB World May 2, 11:00pm, OPB In an era of exclusion, new immigrants arrived in the U.S. from China, India, Japan, the Philippines, and elsewhere. Eventually barred by anti-Asian laws, the first show in the epic five-part Asian Americans series that premiered in 2020 — titled “Breaking Ground” — tells how newcomers became America’s first “undocumented immigrants” even as they built railroads and dazzled on the silver screen. They also took the fight for equality to the U.S. Supreme Court. Stories From the Stage: “Asian Voices” May 1, 11:30pm, OPB World Every day, millions of people create their own defini- tions of what it means to be Asian American. And to do this, they rely on history, culture, family, and friends to deal with their dual identities. In “Asian Voices,” an episode of Stories From the Stage, storytellers share tales that speak to the richness and variety of the Asian- American experience. Rising Against Asian Hate: One Day in March May 2, 10:00pm, OPB Welcome Home! Knights of Pythias Active Retirement Center 3409 Main Street Vancouver, WA 98663 Phone: (360) 696-4375 Website: www.koprc.com Options for seniors 62 + and under 62 with disability Subsidized and affordable Private Pay Rates Call or e-mail for more information: (360) 696-4375 or lori@koprc.com We offer options for a lunch meal, housekeeping and laundry. Centrally located in uptown Vancouver, WA FIVE-PART SERIES. Pictured is Bhagat Singh Thind as a young man wearing his U.S. Army uniform and holding a rifle at Camp Lewis in 1918 during World War I. Thind, a Sikh American, was the first U.S. ser- viceman to be allowed for religious reasons to wear a turban as part of their military uniform. Thind is featured in the five-part Asian Americans series. (Photo courtesy of Dr. Bhagat Singh Thind Spiritual Science Foundation) to the Oregon Ballet Theatre. Now, she is creating films to highlight her work. “I just love seeing my costumes in motion, in performances, and in film,” says Lin. “They really just come to life.” America ReFramed: Jaddoland May 4, 9:00pm, May 6, 7:00pm & 11:00pm, OPB World May 3, 10:00pm, OPB World In March 2021, a 21-year-old man murdered eight people, including six women of Asian descent, at three spas in Atlanta, Georgia — a horrific attack in a year of widespread anti-Asian violence. Rising Against Asian Hate: One Day in March pays tribute to the lives lost, examines the rise of anti-Asian racism, and documents a growing movement to fight back and stop the hate. The one-hour documentary takes a deep dive into this critical moment of racial reckoning while exploring the need for better hate crime legislation, demanding accountability from law enforcement, and chronicling a community as they break their silence to rise up against hate. Ultimately, the film asks the crucial question of what’s next for Asian Americans — in the courts, in the voting booth, and in the streets. Barakan Discovers: “Ainu, a New Generation” May 3, 9:00pm, OPB World May 24, 11:00pm, OPB Learn about the Ainu, an indigenous people in northern Japan, in “Ainu, a New Generation,” an episode of Barakan Discovers. The Ainu were once subjected to cultural assimilation policies and many of their traditions were lost, but now, young Ainu are spearheading a movement to restore their heritage. In the show, host Peter Barakan meets an artisan who re-creates old craft items; performers with a new take on traditional singing and dancing; and a YouTuber who presents language lessons. He also looks at the oppression of the past and the possibilities that exist in the future. POV Shorts: Where I’m From May 4, 8:00pm, OPB World Where I’m From, a POV Short, tells stories about home and how it shapes us. A segment of the show, “Sing Me a Lullaby,” which spans 14 years and two continents, follows a daughter as she searches for her mother’s birth parents in Taiwan, unravelling complex tensions between love and sacrifice. Mr. Tornado May 4, 11:00pm, May 5, 7:00pm & May 8, 7:00pm, OPB World Mr. Tornado tells the remarkable story of Tetsuya Theodore “Ted” Fujita, whose groundbreaking work in research and applied science saved thousands of lives and helped Americans prepare for and respond to dangerous weather phenomena. Fujita devoted his life to unlocking the mysteries of severe storms. Oregon Art Beat: “Fabric of Life” May 4, 8:00pm & May 7, 6:00pm, OPB “Fabric of Life,” an episode of Oregon Art Beat, focuses on Fuchsia Lin, an artist, costume designer, and filmmaker. Lin’s designs have become fantastical, other worldly costumes that have graced stages from Broadway Several Asian Heritage Month programs are streaming online at <www.opb.org> and <www.pbs.org>. Nadia Shihab’s Jaddoland is an intimate portrait of the work and process of the director’s visual artist mother, Lahib Jaddo. The film offers a fresh look at the immigrant story in America. Through an exploration of her mother’s art and connections to her life in Texas, Shihab also drafts a unique picture of how art can help both the creator and the audience make sense of familial and cultural connections, loss, perseverance, and life. And Then They Came for Us May 5, 10:00pm, OPB World Inspired by the book Un-American: The Incarceration of Japanese-Americans During World War II by Richard Cahan and Michael Williams, And Then They Came for Us brings history into the present, retelling the difficult story of Executive Order 9066, which paved the way to the profound violation of constitutional rights that resulted in the forced incarceration of 120,000 Japanese Americans and the Japanese-American activism that followed, with community members speaking out against the Muslim registry and travel ban. The 50-minute documentary fea- tures George Takei and many others who were incar- cerated, as well as recently rediscovered photographs of Dorothea Lange. Try Harder! May 6, 5:00pm & May 6, 9:00pm, OPB World Try Harder!, an episode of Independent Lens, takes place at Lowell High School, San Francisco’s academic pressure cooker, where the kids are stressed out. With a majority Asian-American student body, high-achieving seniors share their dreams and anxieties about getting into a top university. “Bloodline” May 6, 6:30pm & 10:30pm, May 14, 8:30pm, OPB World “Bloodline” is a profile of Vietnamese-American chef Tu David Phu and the evolution of his culinary aesthetic. The program follows Tu as he returns home to Oakland, California, after competing on the cooking series “Top Chef.” From the son of refugees growing up in West Oakland to a professional chef, Tu’s acclaimed culinary creations are heralded as the next wave of Asian fusion representing Vietnamese culture. Oregon Experience: Oregon’s Japanese Americans May 8, 9:00pm, OPB In Oregon’s Japanese Americans, an episode of Oregon Experience, viewers discover the history of Japanese Americans in Oregon, from their early beginnings to forced incarceration during World War II and beyond. By the 1920s, Japanese-American communities in Portland and Hood River were thriving. Immigrant pioneers managed businesses, farms, and orchards with their American-born children. The attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 changed everything. Asian Americans: “A Question of Loyalty” May 8, 9:00pm, OPB World May 9, 11:00pm, OPB An American-born generation straddles their country of birth and the homelands of their parents in “A Question of Loyalty,” an episode of the five-part series Asian Ameri- cans. Those loyalties are tested during World War II when families are imprisoned in detention camps and brothers find themselves on opposite sides of the battle lines. America ReFramed: Blurring the Color Line May 11, 9:00pm, May 13, 7:00pm & 11:00pm, OPB World Blurring the Color Line follows director Crystal Kwok as she unpacks the history behind her grandmother’s family, who were neighborhood grocery store owners in the Black community of Augusta, Georgia, during the Jim Crow era. By centering women’s experiences, Kwok poses critical questions around the intersections of anti-Black racism, white power, and Chinese patriarchy in the American South. Reel South: Seadrift May 11, 10:00pm & May 13, 8:00pm, OPB World Continued on page 11