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Presented by the Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center as part of the 24th annual United States of Asian America Festival: Forging Our Futures - SoMa & Chinatown.

dNaga in its 20th anniversary season offers this dance film as an artistic response to the racist laws that continue to impact our community. Creative Director Claudine Naganuma brings together interviews by Nancy Hom, Pam Tau Lee, Tom Bing Tam, and others to talk about our history, the vibrancy of Chinese culture, ways to support each other and to promote healing. Performance by dNaga, with editing by Marie Fontejon, animation by Elmira Bagherzadeh, and design by Dale MacDonald. Music by Bun-Ching Lam, Joel Davel, Genny Lim and Jon Jang

ARTISTS AND CREW

Creative Director: Claudine Naganuma
Animator: Elmira Bagherzadeh
Design: Dale MacDonald
Music: Bun-Ching Lam, Joel Davel, Genny Lim and Jon Jang
Video Editor: Marie Fontejon
Personal Stories: Nancy Hom, Pam Tau Lee, Tom Bing Tam, and others.
Dancers: Featuring Selma Apara, Jennifer Chan, Melanie Hilario, Janey Madamba, and dNaga Co. members.

ABOUT dNaga
dNaga’s mission is to build community through art and access while fostering creativity and power through play and inquiry. The intergenerational dance company performs annually and provides ongoing dance and art activities through its community-based programs; Dance for PD® and the GIRL Project. For more information visit dNaga.org

ABOUT THE UNITED STATES OF ASIAN AMERICA FESTIVAL
This year's 24th annual United States of Asian American Festival (USAAF) presents over 20 different programs reflecting the artistic accomplishments and cultural diversity of San Francisco’s Pacific Islander and Asian American communities. USAAF showcases artists representing a diverse range of ethnic and cultural groups and aims to heighten the visibility of Asian and Pacific Islander (API) artists working in all disciplines - theater, music, dance, film, literature, visual arts, and more! Our goal is to nurture and empower these groups to be self-sufficient while providing the support they need to grow.

This year’s theme, Forging Our Futures - SoMa & Chinatown, explores how we are fostering recovery, resilience and regeneration in our communities, what place-making and community building looks like, past, present and future and how we're imagining and manifesting empowered future for ourselves and our communities.

USAAF 2021 was funded by the San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco Grants for the Arts, California Arts Council, Fleishhacker Foundation, Zellerbach Family Foundation, startsmall and National Endowment for the Arts.

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