Title: Party
Description: Explores modern Asian-America through the prism of New York's Asian party scene. What is the purpose of these parties? What does this scene say about Asian-American identity? Going beyond the "safe-space" exterior, the film reveals the lives and struggles of prominent promoters and partygoers. Features narration by Professor Gary Okihiro of Columbia University, who comments on the current state of Asian-America.
Subjects: Parties, Asian Americans, Social life and customs, Social conditions, Asian American youth, Attitudes, Cultural assimilation, Korean Americans, Ethnic identity, Chinese Americans, Subculture, Adaptability (Psychology), Case studies, Ethnic relations
Places: New York (State), New York, New York (N.Y.), United States