SUNDAY FILMS 1:30 pm Search for Peking Dog John Choi, 1995, 8-1/2 minutes, drama In order to please her Chinese husband, a German woman tries to prepare the perfect meal. Hopefully the first of a long list of Choi-esque Asian American satire, Search for Peking Dog non-judgmentally turns the stomach of interracial relationships inside-out. 1:40 pmKarma Local Darshan Bhagat, 1999, 84 minutes, narrative Karma is the subject of Bhagat's funny and stylish directorial debut. It tells the story of Bali, a young Indian man working for his uncle's newsstand deep in the bowels of the New York City subway system. Bored by the daily grind, Bali yearns for an escape. His hopes are answered in the form of a fishy bag he is given for safekeeping by a low-level hood, Charlie. Soon Bali becomes irrecoverably entangled in Charlie's shady life and is taken on a wild journey into a seedy underworld filled with compulsive gamblers, angry racists and gangsters who quote the Bhagavad-Gita. "Karma Local" has been called the "Indian American version of 'Run Lola Run.'" 3:25 pmThe Adventures of the F.O.B. Factor Shiraz Jafri, 1997, 5 minutes A Pakistani college student takes it upon himself to educate "Fresh Off the Boat" Pakistani/Indian immigrants in Western ways--whether they like it or not. Indian Buffet #52 Shiraz Jafri, 1997, 4 minutes; Ather Ali, lead actor An unsuspecting Indian student orders a tikka dinner. Waiting for his meal, the student is slowly driven to madness by the restaurant and everything in it. Jungli Fever Shiraz Jafri, 1998, 18 minutes; Ather Ali, co-writer/lead actor After keeping his girlfriend Joy a secret from his family for a year, Adnan is finally forced into introducing her. He concocts a crazy plan in which everyone walks away happy. However, on the night of the date, chaos ensues, causing Joy and Adnan to realize the true nature of their relationship. 3:55 pm Dreaming Filipinos Manny Reyes, 1990, 52 minutes, drama In English and Tagalog with English subtitles Since the Spanish American War in 1898 and the subsequent control of the Philippine education system by the U.S., Filipinos have often perceived America as superior to their homeland. This comedy satire explores cultural imperialism and identity by asking the colonial question, "What's wrong with the Filipino?" Grand Prix Best Picture, ASEAN Young Cinema Festival, Tokyo 5:35 pm My America...(or Honk if you Love Buddha) Renee Tajima-Peņa, 1997, 87 minutes, documentary "My America" traces the acculturation of director Renee Tajima-Peņa's family into American society. A 1997 Sundance Award winner, it focuses on Tajima-Peņa's childhood memories of annual family road trips during the '60s and '70s, where the Tajima family could cross numerous state lines without ever catching sight of another Asian face. Returning to the highways more than 20 years later, she encounters a plethora of Asian Americans, characters all. She introduces us to her road guru, actor Victor Wong, whose Buddha-like observations on Asian Americans' role in mainstream society provide a cockeyed yet astute take on America's changed racial landscape. back to film schedule