This Week's Recommended Watches: Faith, Resistance, and the Many Faces of Asian America

 

Hello and welcome back to the blog!

This week we're stepping away from our own research to spotlight two videos from other creators that speak directly to the conversations we've been having here. Both pieces tackle themes we've explored before religion, prejudice, and the long, often overlooked history of Asian communities in the United States but from perspectives and formats outside our own project. We think they're worth your time, and we hope they spark the same reflections they did for us.

1. The Asian & Abrahamic Religions: A Divine Encounter in America

This documentary trailer examines how Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, and Jainism are practiced and perceived in the United States, placing them in dialogue with the Abrahamic traditions (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam). It explores how these communities confront prejudice and stereotypes, and how mutual understanding can be built across deep religious divides a theme that connects closely to our own post on Asian religions in America.

2. Asian Americans Have A Long History Of Activism In The US

Produced in the wake of the 2021 wave of anti-Asian violence, this short piece reminds us that Asian American activism is not a recent phenomenon. From early labor organizing among Japanese, Chinese, Korean, and Filipino workers to the coalition-building of the late 1960s, the video traces a history of resistance that is rarely taught and directly echoes the themes of visibility and representation we've discussed in this blog.

-----

Academic Transparency Note

The videos featured above are the work of their original creators and are shared here strictly for educational and commentary purposes within the framework of Echoes from The East. All rights to the audiovisual content belong to their respective producers.

References

Auteur Productions. (n.d.). The Asian & Abrahamic religions: A divine encounter in America [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okYyMInc7uA

AJ+. (2021, April 1). Asian Americans have a long history of activism in the US [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZr1DzaMmiI