POLITICO’s California Playbook | First Asian-American Enclaves in California | ‘Open Country’ Documentary
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The lights of the state Capitol glow into the night in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022.
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POLITICO’s California Playbook updates state politics. CapRadio’s Mid Pacific podcast explores some of the first Asian-American enclaves in California. Finally, a locally-produced documentary about country music will be screened in Sacramento.
POLITICO’s California Playbook
Dustin Gardiner is the co-author of POLITICO’s California Playbook and provides an update on state politics.
First Asian-American Enclaves in California
What does it mean when a Chinatown or Japantown becomes gentrified or disappears? As we close AAPI month, we are revisiting episodes of CapRadio’s podcast Mid Pacific. Today we’ll explore some of the first Asian-American enclaves in California, and what their existence means for Asian American identity today.
‘Open Country’ Documentary
A new documentary out of Davis looks at the working-class roots of American country music. The film Open Country first released in February, and will be shown this evening, May 28 at Cafe Colonial in Sacramento. Husband-and-wife filmmakers Glenda and Jesse Drew talk about the work that went into the documentary, and how tonight’s screening is raising money to commemorate famed country musician Aunt Molly Jackson, who is buried in Sacramento’s Odd Fellows Cemetery.
