AAPI Media – 2022 AAPI Heritage Month

May 9, 2022

Media shapes perceptions and can enforce harmful stereotypes. Experience stories with AAPI characters that have a range of cultures, socioeconomic backgrounds, abilities, gender identities, and sexual orientations. Find out about music, tv series, books, films and other media from AAPI creators below!

SF Library's AAPI Resources

The SF Library and Learning Commons has an online guide to the library's AAPI Resources. That means that every item on this list is accessible to SF students and employees! Check out the list and stop by the library to check out any of these resources for free!

AAPI Library Resources(Opens in new window)

• History(Opens in new window)
• Documentary Films(Opens in new window)
• Cultural Identity & Racism(Opens in new window)
• Biography, Autobiography, Memoir(Opens in new window)
• Asian American, Pacific Islander Fiction(Opens in new window)
• Youth Collection(Opens in new window)
• Feature Films(Opens in new window)

Films

• Netflix's AAPI Story List(Opens in new window)
• Pixar's Turning Red(Opens in new window) (2022) - Disney +
• Shang-Chi(Opens in new window) (2021) - Disney +
• Everything, Everywhere All at Once(Opens in new window) (2022) - Currently in Theaters Only
• After Yang(Opens in new window) (2021) - Showtime
• Finding 'Ohana'(Opens in new window) (2021) - Netflix
• Minari(Opens in new window) (2020) - Showtime
• Tigertail(Opens in new window) (2020) - Netflix
• The Farewell(Opens in new window) (2019) - Showtime
• Always Be My Maybe(Opens in new window) (2019) - Netflix
• Driveways(Opens in new window) (2019) - Pluto, Peacock, Tubi, Amazon Prime
• Lucky Grandma(Opens in new window) (2019) - Showtime
• Searching(Opens in new window) (2018) - Tubi, Amazon Prime
• Hasan Minhaj: Homecoming King(Opens in new window) (2017) - Netflix
• The Big Sick(Opens in new window) (2017) - Amazon Prime
• Saving Face(Opens in new window) (2005) - Tubi, Crackle, Hulu, fuboTV, Amazon Prime
• The Paper Tigers(Opens in new window) (2020) - Netflix
• Lilo and Stitch(Opens in new window) – Disney +

TV Series

• Warrior(Opens in new window) – (Rated R) - HBO Max
• Into the Badlands(Opens in new window) – Netflix
• Avatar the Last Airbender(Opens in new window) - Netflix
• Never Have I Ever(Opens in new window) – Netflix
• Master of None(Opens in new window) – Netflix
• Kim's Convenience(Opens in new window) – Netflix
• Fresh Off the Boat(Opens in new window) – Hulu
• Breakfast Lunch & Dinner(Opens in new window) – Netflix
• Andi Mack(Opens in new window) – Disney +
• Awkwafina is Nora from Queens(Opens in new window) – HBO Max
• Young Rock(Opens in new window) – NBC
• American Dragon: Jake Long(Opens in new window) – Disney +
• Always be My Maybe(Opens in new window) – Netflix
• Crazy Rich Asians(Opens in new window) – HBO Max

AAPI Musicians

There are so many talented AAPI artists, but we wanted to highlight some that have been breaking the scene.

• Silk Sonic(Opens in new window) – Duo formed by Asian American creators Bruno Mars (Native Hawaiian) and Anderson Paak (African and Korean American)
• 88rising(Opens in new window) – Record label founded by Jaeson Ma. Produced the soundtrack for Marvel's Shang-Chi
• Dumbfounded(Opens in new window) – Korean American Rapper
• G Yamazawa(Opens in new window) – Japanese American North Carolina rapper
• Run River North(Opens in new window) - Korean American indie folk-rock band from Los Angeles, California
• Sanjoy(Opens in new window) – Bangladeshi American musician, electronic music producer and DJ
• Sundial(Opens in new window) – Electro pop duo featuring Korean American, Jisu Kim and Chinese American Dorothy Chan
• AleXa(Opens in new window) - Korean American singer who debuted in 2019
• KATIE(Opens in new window) – Korean American singer who debuted in 2018
• 10 Asian And AAPI Artists To Add To Your Summer Playlist ASAP – Elle(Opens in new window)