East of Main Street: Small Talk

In celebration of Asian Heritage Month, HBO presents a collection of perspectives from a diverse group of Asian Americans.

The Venice Hongwanji Buddhist Temple had an opportunity to take part in an episode of East of Main Street, an HBO documentary series that has been produced for the past three years to celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. This year’s episode, Milestones, focuses on how different groups of Asian Americans mark the milestones throughout their lives.

The acclaimed documentary series East of Main Street returns with a celebration of Asian Americans working in the film and television industries.

The acclaimed documentary series East of Main Street returns with a celebration of Asian Americans working in the film and television industries.

Bruno is the story of an asthmatic misanthropic bicycle enthusiast named Derek and his sensitive all-American sitcom-loving cousin Bruno.

Two best friends spent the last fifteen years touring the country in their performance art punk band. When one of them decides to quit, they both face deeper challenges than expected.

Death By Audio, an underground art and music venue, is forced to close in 2014. The film focuses on the struggles of maintaining a community in the face of Brooklyn property development, hostile construction workers, and a one billion-dollar company.

The Venice Hongwanji Buddhist Temple had an opportunity to take part in an episode of East of Main Street, an HBO documentary series that has been produced for the past three years to celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. This year’s episode, Milestones, focuses on how different groups of Asian Americans mark the milestones throughout their lives.

A lecherous widow tries to steal away another woman's weak husband, leading to lust, betrayal and murder.