Arts Video Gallery

The Asia 21 Next Generation Fellow and Asia Game Changer Award honoree speaks with Sadia Shepard about what drives her filmmaking career.

The esteemed writer discusses her latest book about a lifelong friendship that was put to the test with Dur e Aziz Amna.

Marina Fareed and Qazi Shaukat Fareed speak with Rachel Cooper about welcoming guests to their home and connecting over delicious food, good humor, and informal ambiance.

The translator and author discusses the mechanics of translating Urdu works into English with Wafa Asher.

The son of the late Punjab governor in Pakistan speaks with Wajahat S. Khan about his nearly half-decade captivity.

Rachel Cooper, Masood Khan, and Razi Ahmed deliver messages during the opening of the annual literary and cultural event.

Phloeun Prim, Sokunthary Svay, Elena Park, Joe Melillo, and Karen Brooks Hopkins explore the transformative power of the arts and its catalytic role in the post-Khmer Rouge society.

An overview of In the Green Room: Layering Legacies of Asian and Black American Women in Jazz.

The three powerful performers tell stories of life and love, of joy and sadness, of death and danger. 

The GRAMMY® award-winner speaks to Jen Shyu and Sumi Tonooka about her musical influences and jazz career.

The multilingual vocalist and the pianist-composer talk candidly about their career highlights.

The multiple award–winning musician speaks to Jen Shyu and Sumi Tonooka about how she made her mark in the jazz world.

The former SFJAZZ Poet Laureate speaks to Jen Shyu and Sumi Tonooka about the evolution of her career.

The NEA Jazz Master and three-time GRAMMY® award-winner speaks to Jen Shyu and Sumi Tonooka about her long-term career in jazz.

Daud Ali, Nerina Rustomji, Rachel Saunders, and Max Moerman discuss the relationship between imagery and narratives in the art of depicting hell.

Matthew Isaac Cohen, Laurel Kendall, and Hank Glassman, and Rachel Cooper discuss performing arts as an artistic expression of the afterlife across Asia.

Qian Yi performs an excerpt of the Infernal Judgment from “The Peony Pavilion” with Guo Zhaoshu and Wu Liang.

Ismail Fajrie Alatas, Sonam Kachru, and Subhashini Kaligotla explore the different interpretations of hell with Ben Bogin.