CHINATOWN REMEMBERED: Los Angeles in the 1930s and 1940s August 9, Showtime 5:30 p.m. David Henry Hwang Theatre 120 Judge John Aiso Street (Btwn. First and Temple Streets; parking in City Lot 7, adjacent to the theatre) Los Angeles Little Tokyo 90012 Program info: www.chssc.org/chinatownremembered.shtml Presented w/Chinese Historical Society of Southern California This special program of the "Chinatown Remembered Community History Project" will feature locally-produced short documentaries and visual life histories that seek to recover and make known the memories and experiences of Los Angeles Chinatown in the mid-20th Century. This program corresponds with the 70 th anniversary of the founding of New Chinatown and will preview content from the upcoming historical website being produced by the Chinese Historical Society of Southern California. Made possible in part by a grant from the California Council for the Humanities. OMG!! 0mg OF MSG! The VC Summer Interns’ Screening AUGUST 18, Showtime 7:30 p.m. David Henry Hwang Theatre 120 Judge John Aiso Street (Btwn. First and Temple Streets; parking in City Lot 7, adjacent to the theatre) Los Angeles Little Tokyo 90012 TICKETS: $10 general, $8 students, seniors, Friends of Visual Communications members w/ID; program info: www.vconline.org beginning July 15      View the program here >> David Henry Hwang Theatre Visual Communications moves upstairs from its offices in Los Angeles Little Tokyo to the David Henry Hwang Theatre, home to East West Players, to present a special showcase of selected short film highlights from the 2008 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. This screening, curated by Visual Communications summer interns and program personnel, will spotlight the current scope of filmmaking activity of today's generation of Asian American independent filmmakers. Past Screenings Summer 2008 THE AMAZING TRUTH ABOUT QUEEN RAQUELA June 26, 9:45 p.m. Mann Festival Theatre (Westwood Village) 10887 Lindbrook Drive Los Angeles, CA 90024 June 29, 4:30 p.m. The Landmark (West Los Angeles) 10850 West Pico Blvd. @ Westwood Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90064 TICKETS: $12; ticket and program info: (866) 345-6337; www.lafilmfest.com Co-Presented Screening as part of the 2008 Los Angeles Film Festival The Visual Communications crew teams up with the APA First Weekend Club to co-present the Los Angeles premiere screening of THE AMAZING TRUTH ABOUT QUEEN RAQUELA as part of the L.A. Film Festival. RAQUELA, winner of the 2008 Berlin Film Festival's Teddy Award for Best LGBT feature film, is a sparkling amalgamation of documentary, neo-realism and classic fairy tale. Director Olaf De Fleur Johannesson's film tells the story of a Filipina transsexual sex worker longing for true romance and a better life is transfixing, wholly unique and brimming with humanity. As Raquela travels from the familiar but precarious streets of the tropical hometown she's never left to an Icelandic factory town and then on to the Paris she's always dreamt of, Johannesson's camera relishes the subtle beauty of her journey, capturing Raquela's delight as she finds empowerment in the most unlikely places. LOVE MY LIFE July 10, 7:00 p.m. Regency Fairfax Theatre 7907 Beverly Blvd. @ Fairfax Los Angeles, CA 90048 TICKETS: $12; ticket and program info: (213) 480-7065; www.outfest.org Co-Presented Screening as part of OutFest 2008 Join Visual Communications as we partner with OutFest, presenter of the nation's largest LGBT film festival, to present the Los Angeles premiere screening of LOVE MY LIFE by Koji Kawano. Based on the popular comic by Ebine Yamaji, LOVE MY LIFE is a highly entertaining Japanese romantic comedy about two college girls in love and all the obstacles they encounter. Ichiko, wants to tell her father about her girlfriend, Eri. When she does, her father has the bigger bombshell...Ichiko's parents are both gay! LOVE MY LIFE captures the beauty, the joys, the drama and everything in between when you fall in love for the first time.