Former MANAA Vice President, Leslie Ishii, Makes Triumphant Directorial Debut at East West Players in “Crimes of the Heart”

MANAA is pleased to announce that former MANAA Vice President, Leslie Ishii, has a success on her hands. She is directing “Crimes of the Heart,” playing at East West Players from November 4 until December 5. This is Ishii’s directorial debut. One of the reviewers calls her direction “spot-on” and the other reviewers asserted that

MANAA Announces Its 9th Annual Filmmaking Scholarship

LOS ANGELES- MANAA, the Media Action Network for Asian Americans, is pleased to announce one $1000 scholarship for currently enrolled graduate and undergraduate students interested in pursuing careers as filmmakers and in television production (not broadcast journalism). Formed in 1992, MANAA is the only organization solely dedicated to monitoring the media and advocating balanced, sensitive,

Protesting the Premiere of “The Last Airbender”

Attention all MANAA and Racebending supporters, Asian American community organizers, and thousands of disgruntled fans of Nickelodeon’s Avatar: The Last Airbender! A boycott/protest is being planned for the opening night of the movie, Thursday July 1st. More volunteers are needed to hold the protest in Los Angeles. MANAA’s protest last year against the movie “The

General Meeting – May 20, 2010

Agenda items include: Report on presentation at Cal Poly Pomona for API Heritage Month Discussion of MANAA joint program with OCA-OC Discussion of TV shows The monthly general meeting is on the second floor meeting room of the Chinatown Public Safety Association. It’s your chance to share your input and thoughts on pressing issues regarding