2023 Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

Kent Donguines, a Filipino Canadian filmmaker, has always been fascinated by tattoos. He proudly shows us, during a Zoom interview, the many tattoos he got, including the ones he received from 106-year-old famed tattoo guru or mambabatok, Apo Whang-Od – who lives in the remote village of Buscalan, in the municipality of Tinglayan, Kalinga, Philippines.

May marks Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, which celebrates the contributions and influence of Asian Americans and Pacific Islander Americans to the history, culture, and achievements of the United States. American Public Television has plenty to offer to immerse yourself in some of the high - and low points - in the often complicated but always fascinating relationship between those cultures.