AOKI on NBC’s KNTV Bay Area Affiliate March 15, 2010 6pm News:
Radio Interviews with Filmmakers Ben Wang and Mike Cheng:
November 5, 2009
Interview with Karl Jagbandhansingh of APEX Express on KPFA 94.1 FM, Berkeley (audio clips from film included):
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May 4, 2010
Interview with Sonali Kolhatkar of Uprising Radio on KPFK 90.7 FM, Los Angeles:
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Feature Stories About The Film:
- Pacific Citizen: The Japanese American Black Panther (March 19, 2010)
- MSNBC: Documentary Reveals Oakland Man’s Strange Civil Rights Fight (March 15, 2010)
- Oakland Local: Come watch documentary on Black Panther Richard Aoki on March 13th (March 12, 2010)
- CAAM: Video interview with co-producers/co-directors Ben Wang & Mike Cheng (March 3, 2010)
- Daily Northwestern: Documentary of Aoki, Japanese influence for Black Panthers, screened (January 19, 2010)
- Oakland North: Film on former Panther Richard Aoki debuts (November 12, 2009)
- Hyphen Magazine: Q&A with Directors of ‘Aoki’ (November 7, 2009)
- APEX Express: Audio of interview with Mike Cheng & Ben Wang aired on 94.1 KPFA FM radio (November 5, 2009)
Previews & Reviews:
- Discover Nikkei: Film Screening: AOKI (May 3, 2010)
- L.A. Weekly: Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival: Subculture Within a Subculture (April 29, 2010)
- Documentary.org: All About the Future: San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival at 25 (April 11, 2010)
- Chicago Time Out: Straight Outta Oakland (April 1-7, 2010)
- Ann Arbor.com: AOKI documentary film Monday on a Japanese American founding member of the Black Panther Party (March 29, 2010)
- SF 360: SF International Asian American Film Festival Visits the Archives (March 19, 2010)
- Hokubei: SFIAAFF in San Jose This Weekend (March 15, 2010)
- East Bay Express: Asia, I Run to You (March 10, 2010)
- San Francisco Bay Guardian: Quick takes on the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival (March 9, 2010)
- Edge San Francisco: @ the 2010 Asian American Film Fest (March 9, 2010)
- Twitch Film: SFIAAFF28 2010: A Preview of Five Documentaries (March 5, 2010)
- Nichi Bei Weekly: Aoki, the Activist and Intellectual (February 25 – March 3, 2010)
Promotional Coverage:
- Boston Asian American Film Festival: BAAF 2010 Feature: AOKI, with Infamy
- 14th Annual Vancouver Asian Film Festival: An Activist’s Life: AOKI
- 11th Annual DC APA Film Festival: AOKI film guide listing
- My Cultural Landscape: Political History: It’s More Than Just Local (April 5, 2010)
- BV Black Spin: Honoring Richard Aoki: Founding Member of the Black Panther Party (March 29, 2010)
- Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival: Program 50
- Foundation For Asian American Independent Media 15th Annual Chicago Asian American Showcase Film Guide: AOKI
- San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival AOKI Film Guide: AOKI
- SF Weekly: He What? (March 2010)
- Nikkei View: Richard Aoki: The Asian American Black Panther (November 4, 2009)
- Angry Asian Man: aoki: a documentary on the life of richard aoki (November 3, 2009)
- FOBBDeep: Aoki (November 1, 2009)
- Prometheus Brown (aka Geologic of the Blue Scholars): AOKI: World Premiere (November 1, 2009)
- Race Wire (Colorlines Magazine blog): New Documentary Chronicles the Life of Richard Aoki (October 30, 2009)
