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HBO Asian American Short Film

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A Bay Area native, San Jose State Alum, and recent New York City transplant - I, Cory,  am seeking your funding help to make a short film to be submitted to HBO.

On August 17th, 2016, HBO announced a short film competition called Asian Pacific-American Visionaries. On August 20th, 2016 I had completed my first draft.

It was crap. But about 11 or so drafts later with editing help from friends and colleagues, I've got something I'm quite proud of. 

As Alan Yang put it in his Emmy's speech, there are 17 million Asian-Americans in the U.S. who are unjustly under-represented in cinema. My goal over the course of my career is to be a part of an effort that reconstructs the way cinema often represents Asians and Asian-Americans, and I believe this short film is my first leap in that direction. 

By using a creative format that blends autobiographical events, stand-up comedy, flashbacks, and - of course - a montage, this short film seeks to comically illuminate some of the unexplainable casting choices we have heard regarding Asians in cinema, in addition to some of the many stereotypes that Asians in America face on a daily basis. 

I have been able to fund most of this film by working as a waiter and bulk-buying Top Ramen. However, your contributions to this short film will assist me in paying my editor for the grueling hours in post-production to translate what I have on paper onto a screen. 

Our first day of shooting is October 29th, and the deadline for the HBO Asian Pacific-American Visionaries festival is November 7th, 2016.

Your contributions to this project will not only be greatly appreciated, but will be key in helping pioneer an effort to change the way cinema portrays Asian-Americans. If this film makes it to the top 3, it will be featured on HBO Go during Asian Heritage month in 2017.

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Cory Censoprano
Organizer
New York, NY

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