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I'm curious about how the festival organizers chose the films they are presenting. Were there arguments over what specific kinds of issues to highlight? I can imagine that there is a big range in interests, hopes, fears and challenges driving people from such different parts of a big continent.

As a white person, it's a little hard for me to think of my Irish-Catholic and Jewish-Eastern-European ancestors as having much in common --- and I know the geographical and arguably cultural divide there is much smaller than between say, India and the Pacific Islands.

Also, are the festival organizers happy with the mix of submissions they got? Are there segments of the Asian-American community that have a big presence in Oregon but aren't a major part of the festival?

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