Korean-American film director Eugene Yi has always been interested in the term AAPI – Asian-American and Pacific Islander – and which ethnicities it includes.
“When we’re talking about Asian-Americans or Asian people in the US, oftentimes it’s people who might look like you and me, and maybe not people who look like Zohran Mamdani,” he says, referring to New York City’s mayor, who was born in Uganda to a family of immigrants from India.
“Why is that when this term is supposed to be so capacious and so inclusive?”
So Yi was beyond excited when approached to helm a new HBO documentary dedicated to AAPI identity and community.
Timed for release during AAPI Heritage Month this month, The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas is now streaming on HBO Max. It is the latest in “The List Series” created by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, a franchise that has previously produced documentaries on prominent black, Latino and LGBTQ Americans.
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