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Article: SAN DIEGO FILM FESTIVAL GIVES ASIANS A NEW VENUE
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- The Columbian (Vancouver, WA)
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- August 13, 2000
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JUDY LIN, Associated Press
The Columbian
08-13-2000
SAN DIEGO -- "Girlfight" is among more than 60 features, documentaries and shorts to be shown at the first San Diego Asian Film Festival, which runs Friday through Sunday at the University of San Diego.
The gritty boxing saga won the dramatic directing award for Karyn Kusama at this year's Sundance Film Festival. Also scheduled are the short films "So Close to Paradise," directed by China's Wang Xiaoshuai, and "Shangri-la Cafe," directed by Lily Mariye, who plays nurse Lily Jarvik on NBC's "ER."
In kicking off the festival, San Diego becomes the latest city in North America to host an Asian film festival. Chicago; Seattle; ...