In honor of Asian and Pacific American Heritage Month, alumnus and filmmaker Nuk Suwanchote will screen his new short film about the Asian American experience at UW Tacoma, Horizon Identities. Suwanchote revisited his alma mater to explore the growing community of Asia Pacific Island students, staff and faculty on the Tacoma campus. This group discussed the complexities of growing up bicultural in a diverse city like Tacoma and how a college campus can be a natural environment to explore identity.

The film is the latest in a series of films called “Our Communities, Our Neighbors” produced by the Chinese Reconciliation Project Foundation and investigates the special community formed at the University of Washington Tacoma campus among the Asia Pacific Island students, staff and faculty.  The film was made with support from Tacoma Creates and the Inatai Foundation.

The film runs about 30 minutes and will be followed by an alumni panel discussion with the filmmakers and other AAPI alumni. Light refreshments will be served.