RICOCHET was the Opening Night Film for the DisOrient Asian American Film Festival in Oregon and won the Jason D. Mak Award for Social Justice. This festival was a full circle for me as one of my first films premiered here back in the festiva’s early days, back when I was still creating narrative films, and also a return to Oregon where I spent over two years working in Portland Community Radio. Can’t say enough wonderful things about the dedicated and kind staff here, then and now, and it’s fun to see how we’ve grown over nearly 15 years. Matt Gonzalez and I got to do a spacious Q&A after the screening with an engaged audience.