“Exiled”: Screening & Conversation with the Filmmaker Dr. Pollie Bith-Melander

May is both Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month and Mental Health Awareness Month. To raise awareness of the intersection between the two, Asian American Alliance of Marin (AAAM) and Asian American Pacific Islander Coalition of North Bay (AAPIC-NB) invite you to the first screening of our documentary film series of 2024, Exiled.

Exiled is an ethnographic film on the deportation of Southeast Asian Refugees. Directed by Brian Exiled Once Again. It explores the myriad struggles of Cambodian refugees as they survived the Vietnam War, the Khmer Rouge, relocation to the U.S., and navigating the criminal justice and immigration systems.

Doors open at 4 pm. Film screening starts at 4:30 pm. After the 40-minute film, there will be a Q&A with Dr. Pollie, followed by a reception.

Tickets will be $5, and additional donations to the INVISIBLE project are welcomed. All proceeds and donations for this event will go to Dr. Bith-Melander toward her fundraising to finish making her next film INVISIBLE.

The screening is co-sponsored by Vivalon Active Aging.

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Dr. Pollie Bith-Melander, PhD, MSW, ASW is an Assistant Professor at the California State University Stanislaus, Social Work Department. She received her MA (1998) and PhD in Medical Anthropology (2004) from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Her PhD dissertation was titled, “‘Mango Illness’: Health Decisions and the Use of Biomedical and Traditional Therapies in Cambodia.”