Visibility, Voice and Impact: AAPI Artists in Performing Arts and Film

The panel features two prominent artists: longtime Bay Area filmmaker Valerie Soe and Oakland Ballet’s Resident Choreographer Phil Chan. Bay Area media host Michelle Meow, producer of The Michelle Meow Show at the Commonwealth Club, moderates the conversation. Both panelists have work in major upcoming events. Oakland Ballet’s Dancing Moons Festival, April 30^th – May 2^nd, May 5^th and May 8^th – 9^th, features Chan’s choreography. CAAMFest, the leading festival of films from Asian America and beyond, presents the Bay Area premiere of Soe’s The Auntie Sewing Squad Resistance Playbook on May 10^th.