have to say there were TONS of pieces that I totally enjoyed and there were a couple I didn’t. A couple to look out for: Oak Park Story (Valerie Soe); The Mountain Theif (Gerry Balesta)Â ; Tehran Without Permission (Javad Djavahery); Tall Enough (Barry Jenkins); Lessons of the Blood (Yin-Ju Chen, James T. Hong) to […]
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For some reason there has been a resurgence of demand for exhibiting or screening Mail Order Bride of Frankenstein! (see Chris – shouldda hung on to that poster!) Here are the dates: MOBoF will be (proudly) part of the SFIAFF (San Francisco International Asian Film Festival) March 13 at 6pm at VIZ Cienema (located on […]
i’ve now migrated ALL my travel pix into a much more reliable gallery…so so so – all’s there if you haven’t seen them you should! I’m actually surprised that I did all that travelling..feels like it was a lifetime ago.
vs. Mi Vida Loca. So my sister (aka Mellow Lady) was totally an O.G. She and her barkada named themselves “Ladies of the Orient” in 1979….totally women…totally PINAYS….totally badass….I suppose they’d give M.O.B. a run for their money… “We’re cool, not fools You know what was meant We got pride we can’t hide Ladies of […]
Have to say the Living Room oozes with very very subtle nudges of inspiration..through random conversations, dreams and just physically being here – you can’t help but try to question/define just “what is filipino.” Blame it on my roots – even having been brought up in the US – being here helps me connect the […]