It was an honor to work with the Executive Producer Don Young, who fulfilled this vision of his mentor, and the late Janice Sakamoto, with this series.

A long distance collaboration, NAATA, located on the West Coast, sent me Quick-time files via express mail. I uploaded the music, demo's and finals, to my idisk for their immediate access. The process worked perfectly!

SEARCHING FOR ASIAN AMERICA (2003)

90 minutes

Links: NAATA Site | PBS Site

Directors: Sapana Sakya, Donald Young, Kyung Yu

Through intimate profiles of individuals and communities from across the country, this 90-minute program offers fresh perspectives on how Asian Americans continually redefine and empower themselves in contemporary society.

Oklahoma Home

Martin Bautista and Jeffrey Lim are Filipino immigrant doctors who practice in the predominantly Caucasian, hog-farming American heartland of Guymon, Oklahoma. Tempered by both pride in their heritage and the pressure to assimilate, their daily lives brim with the challenges and rewards of being pioneers on a new frontier.

Audio Samples

Family backyard	0:47
First patient	0:53
Intro to Guymon	0:20
Portrait	0:26
Oklahoma Home	0:18

Angry Little Asian Girl

Creator of the underground comic and website Angry Little Girls, Lela Lee also enjoys a successful acting career in film and television. The same fiery attitude and unyielding principles that distinguish her graphic projects fuel her on-screen pursuits, testifying to the ambitions and hopes of a Korean American talent expressing her identity every way possible.

Audio Samples

Childhood	0:38
Fangs trailer	0:16
Getup and go	0:16
I'm a nobody	0:37
Junk funk	0:08
Lela Land	0:32
Lela town	0:27
Lela's business	1:15
Lela's love blues	0:26

The Governor

The highest elected official of Asian descent on the mainland, Gary Locke has blazed a unique trail marked by the benefits and burdens of being "the first." From his inauspicious beginnings as the son of Chinese immigrants to his becoming the governor of his home state Washington, this segment chronicles the unprecedented rise to power of Asian America's most visible political leader.

Audio Samples

Governor Locke	2:14
Election Night	1:22
Future Governor	0:59
Student Days 2	0:29
Meeting Mona	1:01
Facing Critics	0:34
Final Gov. Sequence	2:00