Jocelyn "Joz" Wang
Kai Ma
Ho Chie Tsai
Moye Ishimoto
Mekahlo Medina
Erin Yoshimura
Mekahlo Medina, Moye Ishimoto
Gil Asakawa
Suzanne Leung
Daigo Fujiwara
Emily Nakano Co, Gil Asakawa
Gil Asakawa
Emily Nakano Co
Gil Asakawa
Daigo Fujiwara
Erica Johnson
Edward Hong
N'Jaila Rhee
Mack Wei
A most wanted list of Asian Pacific Islander American bloggers from across the country will participate in BANANA 2 on February 26, 2011, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the back lot of CBS Studios in Studio City, Calif.
BANANA 2 is a follow-up to the inaugural convening in Nov. 2009 co-hosted by Lac Su, author of I Love Yous Are For White People (HarperCollins, 2009) and Steve Nguyen, a television/film producer and head of the ChannelAPA.com’s Los Angeles division, who enlisted the help of a small group of bloggers and community activists to produce an event highlighting and amplifying the online voices of Asian Americans.
“We are excited to have a talented group of established and up-and-coming bloggers from the APIA community at this second annual gathering to share their voices, knowledge, endeavors and visions with others – bloggers and non-bloggers, APIAs and non-APIAs,” said Su. “All of the bloggers expected to attend have unique views of their own community, and will share their progression as an APIA blogger.”
The conference will provide an opportunity for bloggers and their readers to build a stronger community by beginning conversations and building relationships beyond the conference. Conference panels will include topics on using blogs and social media to create meaningful social change, working with businesses and corporations and defining the role of Asian American bloggers.
The first gathering featured bloggers from Angry Asian Man, Minority Militant, 8Asians, Neaato (Network of Entertaining Asian American Talent), Hyphen Magazine, Mochi Magazine, Channel APA, Bicoastal Bitchin’, AArising, Antisocial Ladder, Nikkei View, VisualizAsian, Kimchi Mamas, Asian Pacific Americans for Progress, DVAN (Diasporic Vietnamese American Network), bigWOWO, and Sepia Mutiny.
Conference admission is $20 per person. Participants will be able to register online at http://banana-2.com now until Feb. 25, 2011. A complete schedule of panels and presenters will be announced in late Jan. 2011.
A list of articles, posts, photos and video related to last year’s gathering is available at the end of Gil Asakawa’s blog post at http://goo.gl/CwKdu. You can connect with BANANA 2 athttp://facebook.com/banana2.event and at http://twitter.com/Banana2_Event.
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Press Release:
LOS ANGELES, CA, Thursday, January 27, 2011
“New Media Film Festival is the Sundance for the Facebook Crowd” - Culture Rehab
“A new L.A-based festival has just popped up that addresses and celebrates all of the
unique forms that visual storytelling can take in our new media world.”-BadLit
“This fest proves Tinseltown's chops…the creativity and ingenuity of film.”-Cool Hunting
New Media Film Festival Panel included Grammy Awards, Oscar Nominees, and Slamdance Winners
New Media Film Festival's "Experts in Technology and Filmmaking Panel"
Featured award nominated and winning professionals
Showcasing of the Panasonic 3D camera.
Oscar-nominated executive producer J.Todd Harris (The Kids Are All Right - 2010),
2-time Grammy-nominated producer Barry Goldberg (Fleetwood Mac, Joan Jett, Smashing Pumpkins), and Slamdance-winning writer Xaque Gruber ("Handjobs" movie
2011) are joining Doug Leighton from Panasonic 3D on the “New Media Experts in
Technology and Filmmaking Panel” to be held May 21, 2011. Of note, the 2nd Annual
New Media Film Festival will taking place at Los Angeles Film School May 20-21st
2011 (6363 Sunset Boulevard, CA 90028, www.lafilm.edu)
SUBMISSIONS: accepted until May 10th
REGISTRATION/INFO: www.NewMediaFilmFestival.com
New Media Film Festival is dedicated to the creation, development, and distribution of
new media content in all forms across platforms.
New Media Film Festival: The Best of New Media…Honoring Stories Worth Telling”
Contact:
Leslie Harris
Publicist, Key Practices, Inc.
(310) 729-2997 direct
pr@keypractices.com
Susan Johnston, New Media Film Festival-Founder/Director
director@newmediafilmfestival.com
(310) 288-1100
Great info on Banana 2 Conference -- thanks! Haven't checked out your blog for a while -- I see I've missed a lot! Hope all is well!
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