PROGRAM TWO
SEPTEMBER 3 Wednesday
Showtime 7:30 p.m.
Visual Communications @ The Union Center for the Arts
120 Judge John Aiso Street • Basement Level • Los Angeles Little Tokyo
(Formerly North San Pedro Street, between First and Temple Streets. FREE Parking; Enter at Lot #7)
KALI KLUB, THE
(United States, 2003) Directed by Michael-David Caigoy
Mark 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. Mark 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.
Video, 5 minutes, documentary
GOOD SON, THE
(United States, 2002) Directed by Michael Sandoval
With every punch he buries in the sandbag, a young Filipino defends his own private room at his father’s house in Queens, New York. Jaime Soriano is an evangelist preacher. Come Sunday, he preaches to Filipino immigrants at the same place where his son Jimmy receives his training in the Filipino martial art, kali. Jaime’s sermons are full of punishment, redemption, of turning the other cheek—and the need to respect one’s parents. Jimmy assists his father in his ministrations. The preacher and the angry young fighter have found a compromise that is by no means easy for either of them.
Video (originated on 16mm), 9 minutes, documentary
CATHARSIS
(United States, 2002) Directed by Debbie Ramos
In this intense yet detached personal documentary, the director, a college student at a local Southland university, recounts her evolving relationship with her mother, who periodically leaves home to maintain an illicit relationship with a convict serving a prison sentence at the California Men’s Colony in Central California.
Video, 11 minutes, documentary
CHOCOLATE
(United States, 2003) Directed by Ron Domingo
A boy smuggles chocolate to his lolo, unaware that his stern lola is on to his scheme. Will our hero cover up his deed in time? Or will he even need to?
Video, 5 minutes, narrative
ON SUNDAYS
(United States, 2002) Directed by Mia Villanueva
Set in the early 1990s, ON SUNDAYS centers around a 10 year-old girl named Tiya, the product of a teenage marriage. Tiya is the joy of each parent’s life, but both parents struggle daily with the consequences of their youth and naivete as they try to make ends meet. To ignore and avoid her parents’ problems, Tiya turns to music, specifically a hip-hop program showcasing DJs and MCs that, over time, becomes her escape and saving grace from the realities of family life.
Video (originated on 35mm), 16 minutes, narrative
TWENTY FOUR
(United States, 2003) Directed by Christine Apa
TWENTY FOUR is a story of struggle, silence, and self-expression that observes the activities of Ari, an emerging artist at her first gallery show. Each of her pieces transport her to the day where date rape became a factor in her life. Her struggle was marked by shame and secrecy, but her art provides a power that enables her to overcome her silence.
Video, 13 minutes, documentary/performance
SKID MARKS
(United States, 2003) Directed by Chito Arellano, Roman Cortez, and Tracy Tubera
The latest comic send-up from Southern California’s Seven-Oh-Five posse imagines our heros (Chito, Roman and Tracy—who else?) as Reed Spacer, Michael McNight (The KnightRider, yo) and Triple Deezel battling for supreme conquest of the suburban streets. Produced for mere pennies on the dollar—and probably not even that much—SKID MARKS packs more entertainment value than that tired “2 Fast”-Whatever movie from earlier this summer. And those wise-cracking Pinoys (and lone Chicano) and their race cars aren’t so bad, either.
Video, 10 minutes, narrative
programONE
8.01.03 - 9.12.03
pinoy online visions
programTWO
9.03.03
pinoy living room visions
programTHREE
9.04.03
pinoy visions:
special sneak-peek
programFOUR
9.05.03
pinoy visions:
a
family affair
programFIVE
9.06.03
pinoy visions:
a
tribute to Linda Mabalot
programSIX
9.06.03-9.07.03
pinoy visions
on demand