Last year we wrote about the PROUD Short Film created, produced and directed by Asian American actress Jackie Dallas.  Since then, PROUD (www.proudshortfilm.asia) has been chosen to be screened at numerous film festivals both in the U.S. and internationally.  It is also the proud recipient of “Best Short Film” award from the Independent Talents Film Festival.  Check out our recent interview with Jackie Dallas to find out more about her journey and the Proud Short Film.

If you haven’t seen the film yet, now is your chance!  Proud Short Film is on YouTube!  Don’t forget to subscribe to the @dotasia channel for more original videos AND @jaxdallas to see more of her work!

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Nepal – The first country to double tigers!

Nepal – The first country to double tigers!

I am so proud to see my birthplace has become the first country to achieve WWF’s Tx2 goal – to double the number of wild tigers by 2022 – the next Chinese year of the tiger. The wild tiger population has jumped from 121 in 2009 to 235 in Nepal as of September 2018.

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PROUD of your Asian heritage? So are we!

PROUD of your Asian heritage? So are we!

It’s been inspiring to read the outpour of support for Asian representation in Western pop culture since the Crazy Rich Asians movie’s blockbuster success this August. Dubbed as #AsianAugust, the summer of 2018 has seen more Asian actors celebrated in Western media than ever before. From the big screen to small screen, from movies such as ‘Searching’ starring John Cho; to Netflix’s ‘To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before’ starring Asian teenager Lana Condor; to Canada’s ‘Kim’s convenient store’; Asian actors dominated conversations regarding diversity and representation in the West.

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