Tara Dorabji and shivani narang feature Asian and Asian American filmmakers.

APEX Express interviews directors from the 15th annual 3rd i South Asian Film Festival [1]. In addition hear from independent filmmaker, Iffat Fatima, about her recent documentary: Blood Leaves its Trail [2], which explores issues of violence and memory in Kashmir. We'll also be in conversation with scholar and Kashmiri human rights activist, Huma Dar to discuss how she’s been targeted by Twitter and Facebook for exposing human rights violations in Kashmir. Listen here.

Community Calendar

US Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy K Smith will be reading at CCA on November 3. That’s tomorrow. CCA calendar online for more info. [3]

Open Mic & Writing Workshop-  [4]Afro-House Berkeley, Date: Nov 10th - Poetry writing session will be led by CalSLAM from 4pm-6pm. The writing workshop will draw from the theme of reclamation of blackness and spaces, everyone is welcome to the open mic portion!

palestinian youth movement -  [5]Building Solidarity against Militarization. Thursday, November 16 at 7 PM - 8:30 PM / East Side Arts Alliance:  [6]A Panel on Political Prisoners and Incarceration from Palestine, the US and the Philippines, with Sahar Francis of Addameer (the Palestinian Prisoner Support & Human Rights Association)

Fall Events At Eastwind Books of Berkeley [7]:

November 18, Saturday 2pm - The Discovery of Ramen: The Asian Hall of Fame - Children's Story Hour with Oliver Chin

November 19, Sunday 3pm - The Chinese Typewriter: A History Book Talk w Author Tom S. Mulley

December 9, Saturday 3pm - Book talk featuring Barbara Jane Reyes, Janice Sapigao, and Veronica Montes (co-sponsored by {m}aganda magazine)

[1] https://www.thirdi.org/

[2] https://events.berkeley.edu/?event_ID=110987&date=2017-11-16&tab=all_events

[3] https://www.cca.edu/news/2017/11/02/us-poet-laureate-tracy-k-smith-reads-her-forthcoming-collection-cca

[4] https://www.facebook.com/events/364211467366706/

[5] https://www.facebook.com/events/135007450488273/?acontext=%7B%22action_history%22%3A[%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22bookmarks%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22bookmarks_menu%22%2C%22extra_data%22%3A%22[]%22%7D%2C%7B%22surface%22%3A%22dashboard%22%2C%22mechanism%22%3A%22calendar_tab_invitation%22%2C%22extra_data%22%3A%22[]%22%7D]%2C%22ref%22%3A46%2C%22source%22%3A2%7D

[6] https://www.facebook.com/EastSideArtsAlliance/

[7] http://www.asiabookcenter.com/