Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Fest

VC DIGITAL POSSE 2014
Screenings: Sunday, May 04, 4:00 PM
Directors Guild of America
Saturday, May 10, 5:30 PM Tateuchi Democracy Forum

Get a glimpse into the future of Asian Pacific American filmmaking at the annual showcase of works from Visual Communications' Armed With a Camera Fellowship and UCLA's EthnoCommunications Program. Documentaries that offer an incisive slice-of-life sit side-by-side equally accomplished narrative workouts representing the Digital Posse '14. Various Directors | 69 mins.

For more information: http://laapff.festpro.com/films/program/vc_digital_posse_2014_2014
Promo Code: UCLACE

 

JEEPNEY (Philippines/U.S.A., 2014)
Dir.: Esy Casey
Screening: Monday, May 5, 7PM
National Center for the Preservation of Democracy | Tateuchi Democracy Forum

JEEPNEY visualizes the richly diverse cultural and social climate of the Philippines through its most popular form of mass transportation: vividly decorated ex-WWII military jeeps. The film follows jeepney artists, drivers, and passengers, whose stories take place amidst nationwide protest against oil price hikes that pressure drivers to work overseas to earn a living, far from their homes for years at a time. 60 mins., color, in Tagalog w/E.S.

For more information: http://laapff.festpro.com/films/detail/jeepney_2014
Promo Code: UCAASC

 

DELANO MANONGS: FORGOTTEN HEROES OF THE UNITED FARM WORKERS MOVEMENT (United States, 2014)
Dir.: Marissa Aroy
Screening: Friday, May 9, 7:15PM
National Center for Preservation of Democracy

DELANO MANONGS tells the story of farm labor organizer Larry Itliong and a group of Filipino farm workers who instigated one of the American farm labor movement's finest hours - The Delano Grape Strike of 1965 that brought about the creation of the United Farm Workers Union (UFW). While the movement is known for Cesar Chavez's leadership and considered a Chicano movement, Filipinos played a pivotal, if unsung role that began when Itliong, a five-foot-five cigar-chomping union veteran, organized a group of 1500 Filipinos to strike against the grape growers of Delano, California. DELANO MANONGS follows Larry's life arriving in the U.S. at age 15 and his involvement with Filipino labor unions in the canneries and farm fields on the West Coast. D-Cinema, 27 mins., color

For more information: http://laapff.festpro.com/films/detail/delano_manongs_forgotten_heroes_of_the_2014
Promo Code: UCAASC