An Interview with Renee Tajima-Peña

From 1981 to 1983, filmmaker Renee Tajima-Peña was the managing editor of Bridge: Asian American Perspectives, a magazine that ran from 1971 to 1985 and published an eclectic array of writing on Asian American culture and politics. Bridge was associated with the Basement Workshop, an influential Asian American arts and activist organization in New York City. In this interview, Stephanie Anderson talks with Tajima-Peña about Bridge, the Asian American movement, the relationship between film and literature, and more. The interview was conducted via email between November 2021 and July 2022. § SA: Perhaps we could begin by situating your work with Bridge in the context of the journal's history and the larger historical moment. How and when did you become involved with Bridge?

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Author Stephanie Anderson DKU Faculty