Tuesday, June 16 2026
'SPIT: A Life in Battles' Interior Cover Art (Image credit: Third State Books)

For Adult Cross-Cultural Kid Jonnie Park, ‘Creators Shouldn’t Be Scared To Be Specific When Telling Their Stories’

Image of a man in a tuxedo, representing support for emerging female filmmakers by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. John Liang 142 0

Born in Argentina to Korean parents and smuggled by a coyote across the U.S.-Mexico border when he was 3 years old, Jonnie Park grew up in L.A. amid cultural dislocation, his father’s violent alcoholism and the turbulent protests and riots of the early 1990s.

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Chris Armas Intro Presser (Photo credit: Chandler Brandes/Kansas City Current)

How Chris Armas’ Boricua Upbringing Helped Him Become A Better Soccer Coach

Image of a man in a tuxedo, representing support for emerging female filmmakers by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. John Liang 130 0

Chris Armas, the head coach of the Kansas City Current in the U.S. National Women’s Soccer League, had a distinctly cross-cultural upbringing.

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'The House of the Spirits' (Photo courtesy Amazon Studios)

The New Spanish-Language Adaptation of Adult TCK Isabel Allende’s Novel ‘House of the Spirits’ Will Have a More ‘Authentic’ Vibe

Image of a man in a tuxedo, representing support for emerging female filmmakers by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. John Liang 162 0

While acclaimed author and Adult Third Culture Kid Isabel Allende’s novel “The House of the Spirits” had been adapted into a Hollywood film in 1995, it had certain limitations as a movie.

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'Passport to Freedom' by Nizam Missaghi

‘Passport To Freedom’ — A Memoir By Adult Cross-Cultural Kid Dr. Nizam Missaghi

Image of a man in a tuxedo, representing support for emerging female filmmakers by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. John Liang 143 0

In his upcoming memoir “Passport To Freedom: From Tehran To Triumph,” U.S.-born Adult Cross-Cultural Kid Dr. Nizam Missaghi shares his harrowing escape from Iran as a child.

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Stories Beyond Borders with John Liang

Culturs’ John Liang On Growing Up As A Third Culture Kid

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In the latest Stories Beyond Borders Podcast episode, Italian Bengali author and host Urmi Hossain sits down with Adult Third Culture Kid (ATCK) and Culturs Executive Editor for Cultural Identity Content John Liang to explore identity, belonging and what it really means to grow up across cultures.

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ESTA ISLA (Photo credit: Experimento Lúdico)

‘Esta Isla’ Embodies The ‘In-Between’ History Of Puerto Rico

Image of a man in a tuxedo, representing support for emerging female filmmakers by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. John Liang 117 0

Puerto Rico exists in a strange in-between — not quite a nation, not quite a state — with a history marked by resistance, creativity and deep colonial trauma, according to the directors of “Esta Isla.”

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Shortest Day of the Year (Photo courtesy Will Chen via Kickstarter)

‘The Shortest Day of the Year’ Chronicles A Woman Far From Home, Questioning Her Future in a Foreign Land

Image of a man in a tuxedo, representing support for emerging female filmmakers by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. John Liang 115 0

“The Shortest Day of the Year” is a film that follows the journey of a Hong Kong immigrant, Sze, during her first winter in London.

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Shirley Chen in "Slanted" (Photo courtesy of Bleecker Street and Title Entertainment)

‘Slanted’ Director Amy Wang On Becoming More Comfortable In Her Own Skin

Image of a man in a tuxedo, representing support for emerging female filmmakers by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. John Liang 152 0

Amy Wang, Chinese Australian director of the upcoming movie “Slanted,” has always been aware that she looked different.

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