Amazon Prime Video Celebrates Asian Pacific American Heritage Month With Releasing AAPI-led Content – Film News in Brief
variety.comAsian Pacific American Heritage Month, Amazon Prime Video is releasing content to diversify and celebrate the Asian & Pacific Islander communities.
The selected material will include AAPI-led Amazon originals & exclusives, and added titles included with Prime. As well as content available to rent or buy, and films and TV series accessible with add-on subscriptions or for free with ads on Amazon Freevee. “Aquaman,” “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” “Past Lives” and “Invincible” are all titles available for streaming this month.
Three seasons of “Heritage Heroes,” by the Asian American Foundation are also available. The series consists of short films AAPI creators and highlights activists, and community leaders for the impact they’ve made in culture.
The featured talent in “Heritage Heroes” includes Daniel Dae Kim, Simu Liu, Liza Koshy, Auli’i Cravalho, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Ming-Na Wen, Jeannie Mai, Lisa Ling, Lea Salonga, Prabal Gurung, Phillip Lim and more. Lower East Side Film Festival Announces Winners The Lower East Side Film Festival winners have been announced, with Caroline Lindy’s “Your Monster,” starring Melissa Barrera and Meghann Fahy, taking home the Best of Fest award. “Love and Work” received Best Feature Film, “Another Day: A Beautiful Chaos” was named Best Animated Short, “We Ride For Her” won Best Documentary Short, “Baggage” won for Best Live Action Short and “Sleeping Alone” received the LESFF Audience Award.
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