Bazodee

AAPI Heritage Month Film Series

This series celebrates the artistic diversity and cultural richness across Asia, from a Bollywood-style musical to anime to a hit Sundance comedy.

Programmed in collaboration with the Office of Pluralism and Leadership (OPAL) and a range of student groups, the lineup includes films from countries underrepresented in the cinema landscape, shorts made by Dartmouth students in the AAPI community, Bong Joon Ho's new sci-fi adventure and acclaimed films that premiered at the Telluride Film Festival and Sundance.

East Asia: Mickey 17, Look Back, The Wedding Banquet
South Asia: Bazodee
Southeast Asia: Bitter Melon
West Asia: No Other Land
Oceania/Pacifika: We Were Dangerous

Co-sponsored by the Leslie Center for the Humanities. Programmed in collaboration with the Office of Pluralism and Leadership and the Dartmouth Asian Pacific American Alumni Association for Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month

The Films

We Were Dangerous
AAPI Heritage Month Film Series
AAPIHM Film Series

We Were Dangerous

Two Māori teens rebel against their strict school for delinquent girls in this compelling coming-of-age story set in 1950s New Zealand.

May 04, 2025
Look Back
AAPI Heritage Month Film Series
AAPIHM Film Series

Look Back

with AAPI student short films

The love of drawing manga brings two very different girls together in this striking anime film. Student shorts precede this feature.

May 11, 2025
Bitter Melon
AAPI Heritage Month Film Series
AAPIHM Film Series

Bitter Melon

This wacky revenge comedy follows a Filipino American family eating mango cake and plotting murder over a long Christmas weekend.

May 22, 2025 Free
The Wedding Banquet
AAPI Heritage Month Film Series
AAPIHM Film Series

The Wedding Banquet

Bowen Yang and Lily Gladstone star in this joyful comedy of errors about a gay man and his lesbian friend, whose plans to trade a green-card marriage for IVF go hilariously awry.

May 31, 2025