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!
- History
- Documentary Films
- Cultural Identity & Racism
- Biography, Autobiography, Memoir
- Asian American, Pacific Islander Fiction
- Youth Collection
- Feature Films
Films
- Netflix’s AAPI Story List
- Pixar’s Turning Red (2022) – Disney +
- Shang-Chi (2021) – Disney +
- Everything, Everywhere All at Once (2022) – Currently in Theaters Only
- After Yang (2021) – Showtime
- Finding ‘Ohana’ (2021) – Netflix
- Minari (2020) – Showtime
- Tigertail (2020) – Netflix
- The Farewell (2019) – Showtime
- Always Be My Maybe (2019) – Netflix
- Driveways (2019) – Pluto, Peacock, Tubi, Amazon Prime
- Lucky Grandma (2019) – Showtime
- Searching (2018) – Tubi, Amazon Prime
- Hasan Minhaj: Homecoming King (2017) – Netflix
- The Big Sick (2017) – Amazon Prime
- Saving Face (2005) – Tubi, Crackle, Hulu, fuboTV, Amazon Prime
- The Paper Tigers (2020) – Netflix
- Lilo and Stitch – Disney +
TV Series
- Warrior – (Rated R) – HBO Max
- Into the Badlands – Netflix
- Avatar the Last Airbender – Netflix
- Never Have I Ever – Netflix
- Master of None – Netflix
- Kim’s Convenience – Netflix
- Fresh Off the Boat – Hulu
- Breakfast Lunch & Dinner – Netflix
- Andi Mack – Disney +
- Awkwafina is Nora from Queens – HBO Max
- Young Rock – NBC
- American Dragon: Jake Long – Disney +
- Always be My Maybe – Netflix
- Crazy Rich Asians – 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 – Duo formed by Asian American creators Bruno Mars (Native Hawaiian) and Anderson Paak (African and Korean American)
- 88rising – Record label founded by Jaeson Ma. Produced the soundtrack for Marvel’s Shang-Chi
- Dumbfounded – Korean American Rapper
- G Yamazawa – Japanese American North Carolina rapper
- Run River North – Korean American indie folk-rock band from Los Angeles, California
- Sanjoy – Bangladeshi American musician, electronic music producer and DJ
- Sundial – Electro pop duo featuring Korean American, Jisu Kim and Chinese American Dorothy Chan
- AleXa – Korean American singer who debuted in 2019
- KATIE – Korean American singer who debuted in 2018
- 10 Asian And AAPI Artists To Add To Your Summer Playlist ASAP – Elle