Against The Grain Productions

Holmdel, NJ -- 11:00 am - 4:00 pm Sat 04/24/10
Presentation and documentary community screening in honor of the 35th Annivesary of Operation Babylift at the New Jersey Vietnam Era Educational Center. Moderated by Jen Noone and Lana Noone. Screening to begin at 12:45 pm, Q&A with filmmaker Tammy Nguyen Lee and cast members to follow.

New York, NY -- 6:30 - 9:00 pm Fri 04/23/10
Community screening, followed by a panel discussion. Sponsored by the NYU Asian/Pacific/American Institute and hosted at the NYU Cantor Film Center Theatre. Panelists include Tammy Nguyen Lee (Filmmaker), Jared Rehberg (Assoc. Producer, adoptee), Marissa Martin (President of Also-Known-As, Inc), Lily Johnson (NYU Student and adoptee from China) and moderated by Laura Chen-Schultz (Deputy Director (A/P/A Institute of NYU). Co-sponsored by Families with Children from China of Greater New York and Also Known As, Inc. Supported by NYU Center for Media, Culture and History/Center for Religion and Media. Free and open to the public. RSVP here.

Chicago, IL -- 5:00 - 9:00 pm Sat 04/17/10
Community screening followed by Q&A with filmmaker Tammy Nguyen Lee and associate producer/adoptee Jared Rehberg. Sponsored by Loyola's VASA and API Committee and hosted at the Loyola Simpson Living-Learning Center. Co-sponsored by FCVN Chicago.

Honolulu, HI -- Fri 04/16/10 - Thu 04/22/10
The film will be included in the Hawaii International Film Festival Spring Showcase. Screening date and time TBA.

Chicago, IL -- 3:00 pm Sun 04/11/10
Illinois premiere festival screening at the Chicago Asian American Showcase at the Gene Siskel Film Center.

Vail, CO -- 2:45 pm Sat 04/03/10 & 12:00 pm Sun 04/04/10
Operation Babylift will have its Colorado premiere festival screening at the Vail Film Festival in Vail Plaza 1.

St Louis, MO -- 7:00 pm Mon 03/15/10
Community screening followed by panel discussion with Tammy Nguyen Lee (filmmaker), Jim Zimmerly (adoptee), Dan Bischoff (adoptee), Wanda Zimmerly (adoptee parent) and Sister Susan McDonald (FCVN volunteer), School of Law Dean Kent Syverud (law clerk who assisted the judge presiding over litigation arising from the crash), Professor Susan Frelich Appleton (moderator). Sponsored by the Washington University School of Law and hosted at the Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom in Anheuser-Busch Hall. Sponsored by the Burson Student Activities Fund, Asian Pacific American Law Students Association, the Family Law Society, the Immigration Law Society, the International Law Society, Professor Susan Appleton, Dean Kent Syverud, and APALSA Co-President Mei Qi.

Dallas, TX -- 10:30 - 11:30 am Fri 02/19/10
Excerpts from the Operation Babylift followed by a presentation with filmmaker Tammy Nguyen Lee and adoptee/actor DC Wolfe. Sponsored by the SMU Asian American Leadership and Educational Conference and hosted in the SMU Hughes-Trigg Student Center.

Dallas, TX -- Sat 1/10/10
ATG is proud to announce our 2010-2011 Board of Directors!

St Louis, MO -- 5:00 pm Sat 11/21/09
Meet us in St. Louis! Operation Babylift will screen at the 18th Annual St. Louis International Film Festival at 5:00 pm at the Landmark Tivoli Theatre.

Vancouver, CN -- 1:30 pm Sun 11/08/09
We're going to Canada! Operation Babylift will screen at the 13th Annual Vancouver Asian Film Festival at Cinemark Tinseltown Cinema. here.

San Diego, CA -- 2:00 pm Sat 10/24/09
Operation Babylift heads back to the West Coast for the 10th Annual San Diego Asian Film Festival at the Hazard Center UltraStar Cinemas. Buy tickets here.

Philadelphia, PA -- 2:00 pm Sat 10/10/09
Operation Babylift makes its Philadelphia premiere at the 2nd Annual Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival at the Asian Arts Initiative.

Washington, DC -- 12:00 pm Sunday 10/04/09
Babylift goes to Washington for the 10th Annual DC APA Film Festival. Catch the free screening at the Smithsonian Freer Gallery. Seating is first come, first served.

Dallas, TX -- 7:00 pm Friday 09/25/09
Operation Babylift makes its Dallas premiere at the inaugural filmAsiafest at 7:00 pm pm on Friday, September 25th at the Dallas Museum of Art. Tickets are $7 members/students and $10 nonmembers and can be purchased here. A Q&A will follow. Afterwards, join us for Cocktails for a Cause" a charity event/reception held at the Dallas Center for Architecture. Tickets to the reception are $10 for screening guests, $20 regular through midnight Sept 24th and $25 at the door (as available). Buy tickets here.

Providence, RI -- Thursday 08/06/09
Operation Babylift makes our Rhode Island premiere at the 13th Annual Rhode Island International Film Festival at 1:15 pm on Thursday, August 6th at the Providence Public Library. Check out their website for tickets and showtimes.

Fraser, CO -- Thursday 08/06/09
ATG will be returning to the Colorado Heritage Vietnamese Camp August 6-9 2009. Jared will be sharing a special trailer and performing songs inspired by the film. For more information, check out heritagecamps.org.

Dallas, TX -- 5:00 pm Saturday 08/1/09
Tammy will be a special guest speaker at the 2009 Miss Asian American Texas Pageant held at the Dallas Center for the Performing Arts at the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre.

Brisbane, Australia -- Sunday 07/26/09
There will be a special screening of the Operation Babylift trailer at the Brisbane Transcultural Adoptee Films and Panel, 'An Exploration & Celebration of Adoptee Perspectives'. For more information visit adopteefilms.info.

Dallas, TX -- Thursday 06/28/09
ATG will be a special guest on the Operation Reunite Skype conference call. Tammy will share her experience of making the film, the struggles of producing and releasing it nationwide and her hopes to have the Asian American voice heard and noticed. The event will start at 5:00 pm EST, RSVP HERE.

New York, NY -- Friday 06/27/09
Jared will be a presenter at THAT'S NEAAT/HAY QUA! MINI-FEST June 27, 2009 10am-4pm at the Bitter End. Jared will share the Operation Babylift: The Lost Children of Vietnam trailer and perform a song from the film. For more information, check out thatsneaat.com.

Dallas, TX -- Friday 05/08/09
Tammy will join the Greater Dallas Asian American Chamber of Commerce to speak on a private leadership seminar panel called "Appreciating & Advancing Asian Artistic Contributions (Arts, Culture, Media)" at the Trammel Crow Center for Asian Art from 2:00-3:30 pm.

Dallas, TX -- Tuesday 05/05/09
Tammy appeared on VHN-TV's "The Kristine Sa Show," (taped prior to the VIFF Premiere). She was joined by DC Wolfe, Tiffany Goodson, Bert Ballard and Sarah Ballard.

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Dallas, TX -- Saturday 05/02/09
Join us from 11:00 am - 5:00 pm at the Dallas Asian Festival and get a chance to win an Ipod Shuffle!

Dallas, TX -- Thursday 04/16/09
Tammy will speak on an educational panel called "Growing Up Asian-American: A Panel on the Asian American Family" sponsored by the SMU Vietnamese Student Association. The event is from 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm at the SMU Hughes-Trigg Commons. Free Vietnamese dinner and drinks will be served.

Westminster, CA -- 04/12/09
Operation Babylift: The Lost Children of Vietnam is announced as the winner of the VIFF Audience Choice Award!

Dallas, TX -- 5:30 pm Thu 3/1/09
Our documentary, Operation Babylift: The Lost Children of Vietnam was selected to screen at this year's upcoming Vietnamese International Film Festival. We are excited to have our World Premiere at 7:30 pm Friday, April 3rd at the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana, CA. Cast and crew will be in attendance. If you're in that neck of the woods, please come out and support the film. Tammy will also speak on a panel called "Crossing Boundaries: Female Filmmakers and Questions of Gender and Genre" on Sunday, April 5th at UC Irvine HIB 100 from 2:00-3:30 pm. Tickets to both events are $8. Check out www.VietFilmFest.com for more details.

Dallas, TX -- 6:00 pm Thu 1/15/09
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Dallas, TX -- 7:00 - 9:00 pm Fri 11/21/08
Tammy speaks to the Dallas Screenwriters Association on a panel about documentary filmmaking. For more information, check out www.dallasscreenwriters.com.

Honolulu, HI -- Sat 10/11/08
The trailer was accepted to screen at the inaugural Asian Adult Adoptee Gathering and Film Festival, presented by Korean Adoptees of Hawaii! The trailer will be featured in the program at the Honolulu Academy of Arts' Doris Duke Theatre, a 290-seat venue showing a variety of international, independent films and documentaries, including avant garde and experimental work.

For more information, check out www.kahawaii.org/filmfestival.

Dallas, TX -- 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Thu 10/2/08
The trailer will screen as a part of the Women in Film.Dallas's "Chick Flicks" Festival, a showcase of films made by Texas filmmakers. The event takes place one night only at the Angelika Theatre at Mockingbird Station.

For more information, check out www.WIFDallas.org.

Dallas, TX -- 6:00 - 8:00 pm Thu 09/18/08
A special demo of the trailer, excerpts from the film, and a piece about our work in Vietnam will screen at "Cocktails for a Cause", a benefit for the documentary and ATG Against The Grain Productions at AMS Production Group.

Plano, TX -- 6:00-9:00 pm Tue 09/09/08
The trailer screens in the Members Showcase at the Women in Film.Dallas Membership Drive at Motus Digital.

Dallas, TX -- 11:00 am Sat 03/08/08
Tammy is invited to speak about the film at the SMU Asian American Leadership and Educational Conference (AALEC). Jared will be a special guest performer. The theme is "Overcoming Challenges."

Dallas, TX -- 6:00- 9:00 pm Tue 8/28/07
AMS Production Group - The trailer screens in the Member Showcase Reel as a part of the Women in Film.Dallas membership drive.

Dallas, TX -- 3:00 pm Tue 8/28/07
Magnolia Theatre - The trailer screens at the Asian Film Festival of Dallas, before "Bolinao 52."

Dallas, TX -- 4:30 pm Fri 8/24/07
Magnolia Theatre - The trailer screens at the Asian Film Festival of Dallas, before "Bolinao 52."

Denver, CO -- 11:30 am Sun 8/13/07
Snow Mountain Ranch - The first cut of our trailer screens to Vietnam Heritage Camp attendees, including Babylift adoptees, young adoptees and their parents.