Award-winning documentary filmmaker Renee Tajima-Peña -- whose works include the critically acclaimed "My America ... or Honk if You Love Buddha" and "Who Killed Vincent Chin?" -- will be the keynote speaker at the annual fall conference hosted by the Asian American Cultural Center and the Asian American Students Association. The event, which will also include a panel discussion and a screening of one of Ms. Tajima-Peña's films, will be held 1-5 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 1, in Sudler Hall of William L. Harkness Hall, 100 Wall St. It is free and open to the public.
This year's conference -- titled "Generation A/X Generation: What is Asian-American Culture?" -- will begin at 1 p.m. with a discussion on the theme "What Are We Doing? Asian-American Culture" by a panel of noted Asian-Americans artists
During her address at 2 p.m., Ms. Tajima-Peña will discuss her career as a filmmaker. She has chronicled the Asian-American scene through such films as "Who Killed Vincent Chin?," an Academy Award-nominated documentary investigating the beating death of a Chinese-American man in Detroit. Her latest work, "My America," a feature-length road documentary, won an award at the 1997 Sundance Film Festival. A screening of "My America" will follow Ms. Tajima-Peña's talk. A question-and-answer session will begin at 3:45 p.m. The conference will conclude with a reception beginning at 4 p.m.
For further information, call Mary Li Hsu, assistant dean of Yale College, at 432-2906.