The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival Addresses Industry Xenophobia with "The Serious Business of Diversity" Panel

Far Flungers | Roger Ebert: In response to February's Oscar ceremony hosted by Chris Rock, the sixth edition of C3 (Conference for Creative Content) at the 32nd Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival added a free panel: "Yellow Nerds and Dongs @ The Oscars or Can't You Take a Joke?: The Serious Business of Diversity in Hollywood." Presented at the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo on Saturday, April 25, the panel included actor/activist George Takei, producer Janet Yang, documentary producer/director Arthur Dong, L.A. Times writer Marc Bernardin, Manager of Creative Talent Development & Inclusion at Disney Emerlynn Lampitoc and co-chair of the Asian Pacific American Media Coalition Daniel Mayeda.