Home Court - film and talk with director

Home Court is the coming-of-age story of Ashley Chea, a Cambodian American basketball prodigy in Southern California whose life intensifies as recruitment heats up. As she overcomes injury as well as racial and class differences between her home and private school worlds, in peer groups, and against rival schools, Ashley strives to become her own person and leave a legacy behind.

Join us for this Indie Pop up in-person screening, ahead of its airdate on PBS, as we show this new film and have the director, Erica Tanamachi join us, along with guest speakers!

Wednesday March 19th at 6 PM at the City College of NY, Shepard Hall Room 291 at 259 Convent Avenue at 140th Street. ASL and CART services featured. Light refreshments provided.

To get there: #1 to 137th street, ABCD to 145th Street. Street parking at 6 pm available. Accessible transportation: #6 to 125th Street, M101 to 140th street. Building and room is accessible for mobility devices. ID required to enter the building.

Questions to [email protected].

A presentation of Independent Lens, Third World Newsreel, the Documentary Forum at CCNY and AAARI, the Asian American/Asian Research Institute at CUNY.

Erica Tanamachi (Director) Erica Tanamachi is an MFA Cinema graduate of San Francisco State University. Her recent film, Winn, attained a PBS distribution deal. She was creative producer for Motherload (2019), which won Best International Documentary from Hollywood North Film Awards. Erica also won Best Documentary from The Documentary Foundation for her short, Living Poets.

Jenn Lee Smith (Producer) Jenn Lee Smith is a queer filmmaker and supporter of underrepresented narrative and documentary films such as Mija (2022) and Pray Away (2021). She was a part of Re-Present Media's Re-Take Oakland program and is the founder of Bewilder Films, a production company dedicated to amplifying underrepresented voices.

Brandon Soun (Producer) Brandon Soun is an emerging Cambodian American filmmaker and an Asian American Studies graduate of UCLA. His work highlights the Cambodian diaspora in America. Brandon was a 2022 Armed-With-A-Camera Fellow and his short, Conversations at the Register (2022), won the “Audience Choice Award” at the 2023 Seattle Asian American Film Festival.

Host or Publisher Third World Newsreel and the Documentary Forum at CCNY