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“VC Digital Posse ver.2003” (RT: 52 min.)
The second edition of Visual Communications’ collection of homegrown works, produced as part of the VC Digital Academy and the 2003 edition of the “Armed With a Camera” fellowship program, hits a deeper, introspective note this time around. Personal phobias, a search for belonging, the conflict of conformity, and wry takes on friends and alleged role models take center stage, while an “illegal alien” lurks in the shadows…
ILLEGAL ALIEN
(United States, 2003) Director: Dino Flores
This is a Special Report—an intrepid news reporter goes off in search of the elusive “illegal alien.”
MiniDV, 2 minutes, Narrative Short Video
I HATE CHEESE
(United States, 2003) Director: Daniel Hsia
The latest film from the director of HOW TO DO THE ASIAN SQUAT (Festival 2002) essays Daniel Hsia’s love/hate (but mostly hate) relationship with just about any and all types of cheese, and the longstanding suspicions of his friends and acquaintances that maybe—just maybe—Daniel has issues that go deeper than lactose intolerence.
MiniDV, 5 minutes, Documentary Short Video
EAST WIND
(United States, 2002) Director: Mar Elepaño
EAST WIND essays the activities at the East Wind Youth Foundation in Los Angeles Chinatown, under the leadership of director and sifu Ron Quon. The martial arts-oriented exercises and regimen instill a sense of discipline and community among Quon’s charges, all Chinatown youths and children.
MiniDV, 7 minutes, Documentary Short Video
UNUSUAL, CONSPICUOUS, AND OVERWHELMING
(United States, 2003) Director: Karin Mak
Neel’s hair is unusual, conspicuous, and overwhelming. As he prepares to cut it, he reflects upon the journey they have taken together.
MiniDV, 5 minutes, Documentary Short Video
THE KALI KLUB
(United States, 2003) Director: Michael-David Caigoy
Mike and Celina, two individuals whose lives and frustrations couldn’t be further apart, describe the feelings of release they get from studying escrima, a form of Filipino martial arts. Mike speaks matter-of-factly about the constant threat of drive-bys and ambush shootings in his Temple Street neighborhood in downtown Los Angeles; while Celina longs to find meaning in her life apart from her rat-race existence as a small-business owner.
MiniDV, 5 minutes, Documentary Short Video
SUCKERBALL 73
(United States, 2003) Director: Evan Leong
Barry Bonds’ 73rd home run ball broke not only a world record but also the integrity of the baseball souvenir.
MiniDV, 5 minutes, Documentary Short Video
MONDAY NIGHT IN HISTORIC FILIPINOTOWN
(United States, 2003) Director: Arnold Noche
A Filipino martial arts class provides a refuge from the city in this evocative spoken word and music piece.
MiniDV, 3 minutes, Documentary Short Video
FIXed
(United States, 2003) Director: Timothy Jieh
Addictions have been known to destroy the souls of its victims. But for many, their souls have already been lost, and drugs are all that's left to fill the deep void. FIXed dramatizes the condition of internalized depression, a human being trapped in city of darkness clouded by the vapors of crystal meth.
MiniDV, 5 minutes, Narrative Short Video
MY FATHER’S LIFE STORY
(United States, 2001) Director: Juliet Wong
The story of a man who survived dramatic changes of Cultural Revolution in China and started anew in the U.S. The filmmaker delves into her father’s past, under the veneer of the “everyman” immigrant and finds an artist and builder of life.
MiniDV, 8 minutes, Documentary Short Video
BEAT THE BUS
(United States, 2003) Director: Kristina Sheryl Wong
Larry is 24 years old and $40,000 in debt. He's only got a low-wage part time job, no car, and seemingly no way out. So what's he going to do? RUN!
MiniDV, 5 minutes, Documentary Short Video
ILLEGAL ALIEN VS. CAPITALIST PIG
(United States, 2003) Director: Dino Flores
The elusive Illegal Alien is found, and challenged, by that symbol of good ’ol traditional American values.
MiniDV, 2 minutes, Narrative Short Video
