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.

A landmark project directed by Robert A. Nakamura and Duane Kubo, HITO HATA: RAISE THE BANNER (1980) is the first feature-length film made by and about Asian Pacific Americans.

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.

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

Since its formation in 2002, VC has had over 170 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.

This collection documents Chinese cultural events, organizations, education, and the Los Angeles Chinatown community during the 1970s and 1980s.

This photo collection documents the Filipino American community, including the Filipino contingent of the United Farm Workers union, Agbayani Village, Filipino activism in America, and various community and cultural organizations. 

Negatives and prints accessioned from Japanese American families. Many focus on Japanese Americans in the military, wartime, and internment camps.

Created by Visual Communications, this collection documents the growing Korean-American community in Los Angeles, which boasts the largest community of Koreans outside of Korea. 

This collection includes 200 U-matic tapes and 1 binder of 35mm negatives about the Little Tokyo People’s Rights Organization (LTPRO) that formed in the 1970s as a result of the now-defunct Community Redevelopment Agency of Los Angeles’ funding for blighted areas.

Photographs document Samoan American life around the San Pedro and Carson communities in the greater Los Angeles area. The collection includes photographs of church events, dance festivals, and other community events.

Chronicles the early activities of VC from its inception, much in anti-war activism, community issues, educational programs, and the creation of films by and about Asian Pacific Islander Americans.