'Disgusted' by Inequity: Sabrina Salvati on Her New Documentary, 'Removed'
In her new documentary, “Removed: Black Erasure in Boston,” local filmmaker and podcaster Sabrina Salvati — better known as Sabby Sabs — takes viewers through the displacement of Blacks in the city.
Adam Smith
3 days ago
Review: ‘Fun Home’ Opens Window into Queer Family Secrets, Slippery Memories
Fun Home is a beautiful queer memoir-musical about investigating one’s past and wrestling with the maddening slipperiness of memory. Based on Alison Bechdel’s award-winning graphic memoir, the story follows Alison’s childhood, coming of age, and coming out story as a butch lesbian, as well as her attempts to understand her closeted gay father.
Virginia Sun
3 days ago
'Mapping Chinatown' Report Tracks Neighborhood Changes
A sweeping report by the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund explores three “swiftly changing” Chinatowns in the Northeast: in Boston, Manhattan, and Philadelphia.
Adam Smith
3 days ago
Renee Inomata, Attorney and Activist, Remembered as ‘Awe-Inspiring’
Renee Inomata, a Boston-area attorney, who was highly active — oftentimes behind the scenes — in the civil rights and Asian American initiatives, died on Dec. 1.
Adam Smith
Dec 15
Round Trip to Filipino Pride
For Filipino American History month in October, Sampan, in collaboration with the University of Massachusetts-Boston’s Filipino Cultural Club, Hoy! Pinoy!, hosted a live panel of three Filipino American immigrants.
Liam Crampton
Dec 5