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My America...or Honk if you Love Buddha (1997) - 1994 Fellowship  Format: 16 mm Length: 87 min. An odyssey across America to record the history and future of Asians in America, and to explore the intersection between race and democracy. Awards: Best Cinematography, Documentary, Sundance/Best Overall Documentary, Athens International Film and Video Festival Broadcasts: PBS Festivals: Boston Asian American Film Festival (MA)/Cinequest San Jose International Film Festival (CA)/Florida Film Festival (FL)/Helsinki International Film Festival (Finland)/Leipzig International Film Festival (Germany)/Seattle Asian American Film Festival (WA)/Seattle International Film Festival (WA)/Opening Night Film, Auror Asian American Film Festival/Boston Asian American Film Festival (MA)/Cinequest San Jose International Film Festival (CA)/San Francisco Asian Pacific Film (CA)/Council on Foundation's Film and Video Festival/Athens Festival (OH)/Sundance (Utah)/Los Angeles Asian-Pacific Film and Video Festival (CA)/Asian American International Film Festival (NY)/Chicago Asian American Film Festival (IL)/Ameins International Film Festival (France)/Charlotte Film Festival (NC)/Women of Color Film (Santa Cruz, CA)/Singapore International Film Festival (Singapore)/Taipei Film Festival Festival (Taiwan) Screenings: The Museum of Modern Art (NY)/Smithsonian Institution Freer Art Gallery (Washington, D.C.)/Laemmle Grand 4-Plex (Los Angeles, CA)/Laemmle Monica (Santa Monica,CA)/Wexner Center for the Arts (Columbus, OH)/ Distribution Info: Educational:
Sai Communications 22D Hollywood Avenue Ho-ho-kus, NJ 07423 Tel: 1-800-343-5540 Fax: (201) 652-1973 myamerica@aol.com International: Renee Tajima-Peña 371 Canon Crest Los Angeles, CA 90065 Tel: (323) 221-7397 Fax: (323) 221-6997  Calavera Highway (2008) - 1994 Fellowship In this feature documentary, an installment of a series of road films, two brothers' road trip provides a chance for them to grapple with their mother’s recent death, their father’s disappearance years ago, and with the different directions that their siblings’ lives have taken. It is both a family portrait and a discussion of the cultural bifurcation experienced by Mexican Americans. Law of Despair - 1990 Fellowship A documentary about a Japanese-American mother who kills her children but fails in her suicide attempt. Selected Works Film Kansas Stories (2002)
The Last Beat Movie (1997) My America. . . Or Honk if You Love Buddha (1997) The Best Hotel on Skid Row (1990) What the Americans Really Think of the Japanese (1990) Who Killed Vincent Chin? (1988, co-director) Accomplishments Media Achievement Award, Steve Tatsukawa Memorial Award, 1998
Best Overall Documentary Award, Athens International Film and Video Festival, OH, 1998 Best Documentary Cinematography Award, Sundance Film Festival, 1997 Columbia-DuPont Award, Silver Baton, 1991 Peabody Award for Excellence in Broadcast Journalism, 1990 Screening: Un Certain Regard, Cannes Film Festival, 1990 Education 1980 BA, East Asian Studies and Sociology, Harvard-Radcliffe College, Cambridge, MA News April, May, June 2008 Rene
Tajima-Peña’s feature documentary Calavera Highway
was shown in the San
Francisco International Film Festival.
As they travel across the country, two brothers grapple with their
mother’s recent death, their father’s disappearance
years
ago, and with the different directions that their siblings’
lives
have taken. January, February, March 2008
Rene Tajima-Peña’s feature documentary Calavera
Highway
was shown in the San
Diego Latino Film Festival. As they
travel across the country, two brothers grapple with their
mother’s recent death, their father’s disappearance
years
ago, and with the different directions that their siblings’
lives
have taken. February - March 2006 Renee Tajima-Peña and Christine Choy’s documentary Who Killed Vincent Chin?,
which investigates the judicial process after the 1982 murder of a Chinese
American in Detroit, screened as part of a special retrospective at the New
Directors/New Films series in New York in March. |
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