Links to sites:

for and about Asian-Americans and AA women, music, independent (AA) filmmakers, interesting sites to peak your interest and stir your thoughts:

  • Press Coverage of NEVER PERFECT

    Blurbs & Write-Ups, News & Reviews 
    • WAMC Northeast Public Radio Interview
      listen to an interview on public radio from Albany, NY (click mp3, fast forward to 2/3 way in, past plastic surgeon's telephone interview). April, 2008.
    • KoreAm Journal
      Interview with national monthly magazine on the Korean-American experience ~ January 2008 issue out now!
    • New York Times
      Small blurb/review posted in the New York Times about NEVER PERFECT.
    • Audrey Magazine
      There's a two-page spread which I wrote on the film and my experience that was published in the Oct/Nov 07 issue of Audrey Magazine, a lifestyle magazine for Asian-American women. Be sure to check it out at your local bookstore!
    • Review by Educational Media Reviews Online
      Review by an online database covering films and other media intended for the educational audience. This film is "highly recommended."
    • Dallas Morning News
      Subject of Dallas Morning News writer's column
    • Asian Diversity Magazine
      Feature Article on NEVER PERFECT from online magazine
    • Laura Ainsworth blog
      Humorous and furious commentary on age, beauty, fashion news and our film by radio comedy writer/singer/parodist, Laura Ainsworth.
    • Percheperche blog
      blog mention of NEVER PERFECT on percheperche, a blogger's site
    • Slant Eye for the Round Eye blog
      Mention in blog about Asian-American pop culture

  • Music

    sites for musicians who performed on the soundtrack to the film:
    • Asian Crisis
      fantastic San Francisco-based AA group who fuse traditional Asian instruments and styles with modern traditions of R&B, jazz and funk.
    • Henry Hung
      Original score written by composer, trumpet player and musician extraordinaire, Henry Hung.

  • Asian America

    sites for and about Asian-Americans and/or Asian-American women:
    • Audrey Magazine
      One of the few printed magazines for and about Asian-American women (that doesn't fetishize us in some way). Associate Editor, Anna Park, was interviewed for the film.
    • Asian Diversity Magazine
      Online magazine for Asian American working professionals. They seek to report, clarify and promote the issues surrounding AAs in the corporate landscape and to discuss the social implications of being an Asian American today.
    • Sheridan Prasso
      Journalist & Expert on Asia, Author of THE ASIAN MYSTIQUE: Dragon Ladies, Geisha Girls & Our Fantasties of the Exotic Orient, an amazing analysis of global stereotypes of Asian women.
    • Margaret Kimura
      Image Expert, Make-Up Artist, Author. Has spoken and written about Asian beauty, not just about cosmetic application but about inner beauty and identity issues for Asian-American women.
    • Asiance Magazine
      Online magazine for Asian-American women. Covers lifestyle, fashion, beauty, career, entertainment and health for AA women.

  • Other good stuff...

    miscellaneous good sites to know about:
    • Fair Use Project at Stanford University
      Saviors of all independent documentary filmmakers all over the world! Check out this legal program that, pending approval, protects independent filmmakers under the Fair Use Doctrine from having to pay atrocious amounts of licensing fees.