Visual Communications Movies

After Dom begins having suspicions about his wife, he goes to the seemingly wrong person for advice, leading him down a rabbit hole of drug fueled...

An aspiring social worker, Pedro must confront political restrictions as a blind, undocumented immigrant to get his college degree and support his...

For all intents and purposes, 2015 was seemingly a banner year for singer/songwriter Bobby Choy (aka Big Phony). His melodic and quiet songs had...

In the face of AAPI violence, an intergenerational coalition of Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian, People of Color organizers come together to...

The film looks back at the life of a man named Oda and other Japanese Americans through the decades as they face great challenges and joys living in...

1935 Los Angeles, community leader Sei Fujii uncovers the corrupt activities of his community's underground mafia. He must choose between saving the...

Raya loves makeup but her family does not. She’s torn between her secret dream of being a makeup artist and her family’s strict religious...

This important tribute to the issei (first generation Japanese Americans) integrates the stories of three people who describe a collective history...

After the trigger of a hate crime, an undocumented Indian American convenience store clerk comes crashing into his subconscious as he grieves the...

Living in the USA illegally for over 20 years, Miko Revereza reflects on his family's relocation from Manila to Los Angeles in this introspective...

Celebrates the music and influences of contemporary Asian American culture on Dan Kuramoto, June Okida Kuramoto, and Johnny Mori — three...

NA PUA O LAKA foregrounds the perpetuation of the Hawaiian culture in Southern California. Sissy Kaʻio is a kumu hula, or teacher of Hula, who...

In 1953, a young man in Los Angeles wrote to a young woman in St. Louis. The letters between the pen pals evolved into a courtship that spanned over...

A lyrical, expressive film history of Asian Pacific Americans on the Sacramento River delta.

This documentary tells the story of the LGBTTI communities who have suffered persecution, prison and torture for their sexual condition under...

Short film produced by Visual Communications, the United States first Asian American film production company.

Capturing the all-American fervor of parade competition, CHINATOWN 2-STEP profiles the Los Angeles Chinese Drum and Bugle Corps, an important fixture...