Starting as an Asian Pacific American community-based filmmaker's collective in 1970, VC has presented honest and accurate depictions of Asian American and Pacific Islander peoples, communities and heritages.

Since its formation in 2002, VC has had over 150 fellows participate in our Armed With a Camera (AWC) Fellowship. During the program, fellows produce a short film that premieres at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival.

Founded in 2003, Digital Histories has provided a professional and artistic work environment for ethnic-minority seniors in the Los Angeles-based Asian Pacific American community.

A co-production of VC and the Japanese American National Museum, At First Light: The Dawning of Asian Pacific America is a multi-media exhibition that explores and celebrates the emergence of a politically defined Asian Pacific American consciousness and identity.

As a pioneer in small-format (Super-8), community-based mediamaking during the 1980s, Visual Communications supported a new generation of emerging artists who lacked the access to a traditional film school program.

For the 40th anniversary of the 1981 Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (CWRIC) Los Angeles hearings, VC and Nikkei for Civil Rights & Redress (NCRR) presents Speak Out For Justice

The Asian & Pacific Islander Student Union (APSU) was a statewide network of student organizations formed in the 1970s in response to the Regents of the University of California vs. Bakke decision that weakened affirmative action programs in the U.S.

VC Archives Collections on CA Revealed – a California State Library initiative that helps public libraries, archives, museums, and other groups digitize, preserve, and provide online access to archival materials documenting the state's history, art, and cultures.

VC Archives Collections on Google Arts & Culture – an online platform of high-resolution images and videos of artworks and cultural artifacts from partner cultural organizations throughout the world.

Omai Fa'atasi – meaning “come together” and “unite" – is the name of a Samoan community group based in Southern California. The photographs in this collection are stills taken while shooting OMAI FA'ATASI: SAMOA MO SAMOA.

The Van Troi Anti-Imperialist Youth Brigade was one of many progressive organizations that sprang up as a response to the anti-Vietnam War movement.