"Channel Yellow" by Myles Aquino
Project Description
The short film CHANNEL YELLOW is a fictionalized Adult-Swim media program that notes the issues faced by Asian Americans throughout American media. From satirical PSA's to commercials promoting the distillation of Asian-American identity, the film aims to bring to light the integrated nature of Asian-American stereotypes perpetuated by American television, social media, and films as well as passive discrimination behind-the-scenes.
About the Artist
Myles is a BFA Cinema Production and Creative Technology and Design Engineering graduate from the University of Colorado Boulder. He has worked on several independent feature and short films as a director of photography, camera operator, analog loader, and an assistant camera and also works as a freelance photographer and videographer. He is the recipient of two Virgil Grillo Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking Awards from the Department of Cinema Studies at CU Boulder and a grant winner for the Center for Humanities & Arts’ Call to Combat Anti-Asian Racism and two time grant recipient of the Aputure Lighting Educational Grant for his works. He has several works that have been admitted into film festivals throughout Colorado, including Colorado Dragon Boat Film Festival organized by Denver Film Festival and Horsetooth International Film Festival. Outside of film, Myles writes screenplays and TTRPG modules, practices 35mm photography and development, and collaborates with local artists for installation and exhibit works.