Apex Express 8/14 Show
Apex Express: Asian Pacific Islander radio
Thursdays 7PM-8PM, KPFA 94.1 FM, KFCF Fresno
www.kpfa.org for on-line listening, *past programs
Thurs. August 14: From Beijing reporting on the Olympics, we talk with Adelaide Chen about her perspective on the event and of being Chinese American in China during this time of change.
And, in FROZEN RIVER, Ray (Melissa Leo) teams up with Lila (Misty Upham) a Mohawk smuggler, to carry illegal Chinese and Pakistani immigrants from Canada to the US. We interview the film's director Courtney Hunt about this Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury prize-winning tale of single-mothers, that opens August 15, 2008 in the Bay Area. http://www.sonyclassics.com/frozenriver
Also, we profile GuWhok J, a Producer/Lyricist/Vocalist of Chinese descent who was born in San Francisco, and raised in SF Chinatown. Coming from a proud Chinese tradition, he was never a stranger to poetry and literature, and progressed to become a lyricist. He professionally began his art in arranging instrumentals in 2001. He has has 7 albums under his belt so far, including FREE SPEECH - journal entry 5 (2008) http://www.myspace.com/thechinezedragon
Contacts: apex@kpfa.org, www.apexexpress.org, myspace.com/apexexpress, 510-848-6767x464
(*click: Programs, Apex on www.kpfa.org)
Thursdays 7PM-8PM, KPFA 94.1 FM, KFCF Fresno
www.kpfa.org for on-line listening, *past programs
Thurs. August 14: From Beijing reporting on the Olympics, we talk with Adelaide Chen about her perspective on the event and of being Chinese American in China during this time of change.
And, in FROZEN RIVER, Ray (Melissa Leo) teams up with Lila (Misty Upham) a Mohawk smuggler, to carry illegal Chinese and Pakistani immigrants from Canada to the US. We interview the film's director Courtney Hunt about this Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury prize-winning tale of single-mothers, that opens August 15, 2008 in the Bay Area. http://www.sonyclassics.com/frozenriver
Also, we profile GuWhok J, a Producer/Lyricist/Vocalist of Chinese descent who was born in San Francisco, and raised in SF Chinatown. Coming from a proud Chinese tradition, he was never a stranger to poetry and literature, and progressed to become a lyricist. He professionally began his art in arranging instrumentals in 2001. He has has 7 albums under his belt so far, including FREE SPEECH - journal entry 5 (2008) http://www.myspace.com/thechinezedragon
Contacts: apex@kpfa.org, www.apexexpress.org, myspace.com/apexexpress, 510-848-6767x464
(*click: Programs, Apex on www.kpfa.org)