1:00 - 4:00
Go back in time when a mask shortage unleashed mass panic during the COVID-19 pandemic. Enter a collective of mostly Asian American and BIPOC women who joined forces to volunteer countless hours sewing masks and distributing them to protect vulnerable communities. Learn their story in The Auntie Sewing Squad Resistance Playbook by filmmaker Valerie Soe and starring author Kristina Wong (Auntie Kristina’s Guide to Asian American Activism). A Q&A and book signing follows the film.
This program is in partnership with the Asian American Studies department at San Francisco State University and the Magazines & Newspapers Center at the Main Library.
Genre: Documentary
Languages: English
PG-13, 72 mins., 2026. Closed captions (CC) in English.
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