Renee Tajima-Peña

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My America... or Honk If You Love Buddha Trailer

Renee Tajima-Peña is an American academic and filmmaker whose work focuses on immigrant communities, race, gender and social justice

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Total trailers found: 9

People Unite! Trailer (2022)

05 March 2022

In the face of AAPI violence, an intergenerational coalition of Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian, People of Color organizers come together to organize a march across historic Washington Heights and Harlem, as a continuation of the historic and radical Black and Asian solidarity tradition.

Who Killed Vincent Chin? Trailer (1987)

11 March 1987

This film recounts the murder of Vincent Chin, an automotive engineer mistaken as Japanese who was slain by an assembly line worker who blamed him for the competition by the Japanese auto makers that were threatening his job.

The Best Hotel on Skid Row Trailer (1990)

25 March 1990

America Undercover goes to the Madison Hotel in the skid-row section of downtown Los Angeles and talks to some of the desperate people living there.

No More Babies Trailer (2015)

14 June 2015

They came to have their babies. They went home sterilized. "No Mas Bebés" is the story of Mexican immigrant mothers who were pushed into sterilizations while giving birth at Los Angeles county hospital during the 1960s and 70s.

My America... or Honk If You Love Buddha Trailer (1997)

18 January 1997

Renee Tajima-Peña takes to the road to investigate questions about Asian-American identity.

Haitian Corner Trailer (1988)

01 June 1988

A poet from Haiti flees to America after being imprisoned in his native country. Recovering from the experience, he begins to examine his past.

Calavera Highway Trailer (2008)

16 September 2008

When ARMANDO and CARLOS PENA set off to carry their mother's ashes back to South Texas and reunite with their brothers, the road reveals more than they bargained for.

The New Americans Trailer (2003)

21 November 2003

Four years in the lives of a diverse group of contemporary immigrants and refugees as they journey to start new lives in America.

Skate Manzanar Trailer (2001)

01 January 2001

A meditation on skateboarding, civil liberties and memory. Inspired by the essay by Martin Wong, "Return to Manzanar", based on a trip he took with "Giant Robot" publisher Eric Nakamura.