AOKI on NBC’s KNTV Bay Area Affiliate March 15, 2010 6pm News:

Radio Interviews with Filmmakers Ben Wang and Mike Cheng:
 

November 5, 2009

Interview with Karl Jagbandhansingh of APEX Express on KPFA 94.1 FM, Berkeley (audio clips from film included):
[audio:https://www.aokifilm.com/audio/01%20Interview%20with%20Mike%20Cheng%20&%20Ben%20W.mp3]

May 4, 2010

Interview with Sonali Kolhatkar of Uprising Radio on KPFK 90.7 FM, Los Angeles:

[audio:https://www.aokifilm.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/AOKI-Interview-on-2010.05.04.mp3]

Feature Stories About The Film:

• Pacific Citizen: The Japanese American Black Panther (March 19, 2010)
• MSNBC: Documentary Reveals Oakland Man’s Strange Civil Rights Fight (March 15, 2010)
• Oakland Local: Come watch documentary on Black Panther Richard Aoki on March 13th (March 12, 2010)
• CAAM: Video interview with co-producers/co-directors Ben Wang & Mike Cheng (March 3, 2010)
• Daily Northwestern: Documentary of Aoki, Japanese influence for Black Panthers, screened (January 19, 2010)
• Oakland North: Film on former Panther Richard Aoki debuts (November 12, 2009)
• Hyphen Magazine: Q&A with Directors of ‘Aoki’ (November 7, 2009)
• APEX Express: Audio of interview with Mike Cheng & Ben Wang aired on 94.1 KPFA FM radio (November 5, 2009)

Previews & Reviews:

• Discover Nikkei: Film Screening: AOKI (May 3, 2010)
• L.A. Weekly: Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival: Subculture Within a Subculture (April 29, 2010)
• Documentary.org: All About the Future: San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival at 25 (April 11, 2010)
• Chicago Time Out: Straight Outta Oakland (April 1-7, 2010)
• Ann Arbor.com: AOKI documentary film Monday on a Japanese American founding member of the Black Panther Party (March 29, 2010)
• SF 360: SF International Asian American Film Festival Visits the Archives (March 19, 2010)
• Hokubei: SFIAAFF in San Jose This Weekend (March 15, 2010)
• East Bay Express: Asia, I Run to You (March 10, 2010)
• San Francisco Bay Guardian: Quick takes on the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival (March 9, 2010)
• Edge San Francisco: @ the 2010 Asian American Film Fest (March 9, 2010)
• Twitch Film: SFIAAFF28 2010: A Preview of Five Documentaries (March 5, 2010)
• Nichi Bei Weekly: Aoki, the Activist and Intellectual (February 25 – March 3, 2010)

Promotional Coverage:

• Boston Asian American Film Festival:  BAAF 2010 Feature: AOKI, with Infamy
• 14th Annual Vancouver Asian Film Festival:  An Activist’s Life: AOKI
• 11th Annual DC APA Film Festival:  AOKI film guide listing
• My Cultural Landscape: Political History: It’s More Than Just Local (April 5, 2010)
• BV Black Spin: Honoring Richard Aoki: Founding Member of the Black Panther Party (March 29, 2010)
• Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival: Program 50
• Foundation For Asian American Independent Media 15th Annual Chicago Asian American Showcase Film Guide: AOKI
• San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival AOKI Film Guide: AOKI
• SF Weekly: He What? (March 2010)
• Nikkei View: Richard Aoki: The Asian American Black Panther (November 4, 2009)
• Angry Asian Man: aoki: a documentary on the life of richard aoki (November 3, 2009)
• FOBBDeep: Aoki (November 1, 2009)
• Prometheus Brown (aka Geologic of the Blue Scholars): AOKI: World Premiere (November 1, 2009)
• Race Wire (Colorlines Magazine blog): New Documentary Chronicles the Life of Richard Aoki (October 30, 2009)