03.24 - "First Person Plural" in DC

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From the DC APA announcement:

Wednesday, May 24
VIDEO SCREENING: FIRST PERSON PLURAL
7:30pm

First Person Plural (2000, 56 min)
Directed by Deann Borshay Liem
A personal documentary of a Korean adoptee's struggle to find identity and belonging in two families and to two countries, one by birth and one by adoption. (Sundance Film Festival, Grand Jury Prize at the San Francisco International Film Festival.)

Adoption Service Information Agency
8555 16th Street, Suite 600
Silver Spring, MD 20910
*Summit Office Building on the corner of Spring Street and 16th Street in Silver Spring.
* Metro Red Line - Silver Spring

This event is free and open to the public however reservations must be made: 301-587-7068, ext. 18 or apetrillo@asia-adopt.org

Co-sponsored by Adoption Service Information Agency and Asian Pacific American Film.
http://www.childrenshomeadopt.org/Video_Screening_FIRST_PERSON_PLURAL.html

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Wednesday, May 24
APA HERITAGE MONTH HAPPY HOUR
6:00-8:30pm
Scheduled to appear: Congressman Mike Honda, Secretary Norm Mineta, Secretary Elaine Chao, Deputy MBDA Director Chiling Tong, and White House APA Director Jimmy Lee
Join us for complimentary beer, appetizers, traditional dancing, and short films.

$10 at the door for non-CAPAVA members.

Sponsored by the Coalition of Asian Pacific Americans of Virginia, National Congress of Vietnamese Americans, Asian Pacific American Film, and National Association of Asian American Professionals.

Cafe Asia
1550 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, VA 22209
http://www.cafeasia.com