For Asian American Stars, Many Web Fans

Yesterday's New York Times includes an article about Asian American entertainers bypassing traditional paths to fame and achieving popularity through YouTube. The article mentions Uploaded: The Asian American Movement, an upcoming documentary from current and former SDAFF staff. Learn more about Uploaded and help fund the production of this documentary exploring the rising visibility of Asian Americans in pop culture.

Filmmaking with Freddie Wong

I’ll admit that I spend an unordinary amount of time using YouTube. One of my favorite things about YouTube is finding a channel featuring somebody who is incredibly talented in their chosen field. As an aspiring filmmaker, I’ve found finding a channel that produces quality short films consistently is actually quite difficult.

So, when I stumbled upon Freddie Wong’s channel a few months ago, my faith in online filmmaking was restored.

Wong Fu Productions x Harry Shum Jr. - An AweSHUM Collaboration

Unless you have been living under a rock over the past few weeks, the Asian blogosphere and YouTube featured lists have been buzzing about the most recent additions to Wong Fu Productions' original shorts collection - and this time, they have brought some star power along for the laughs.

It's one thing to not already be a follower or subscriber to one of the most popular Asian acts in all of the interwebs, but it must be quite a huge rock to live under if you don't know Wong Fu AND have no idea what Glee is. As one of the winningest and most popular shows of this generation, Glee has propelled many young artists and stars to the limelight through the power of music; and with his 'pop and lock' moves that have already been featured in many Hollywood dance films like Step Up, Harry Shum Jr. has been no exception.

When you put all of this creative power together, it's easy to see why this is a big deal. And you can find all three of the shorts here.

Ryan Higa Is A Nice Guy

If you’ve never heard of Ryan Higa, there’s a chance that you may know him by his YouTube channel: nigahiga. Currently the most subscribed channel on YouTube with over 3.7 million subscribers, Higa has created a huge fan base by posting videos of silly skits, parodies and rants.