Yet untitled, this film is about Filipino family and community life in Japan. ProjectDox Productions, a documentary by Dada Docot Acknowledgements: Manoy Gerald, Ate Mia, Mylene and Manami Hiratsuka Filipino Community Deyan Denchev
Project Type: Films
Sunday (E)scapes (to be released in 2010, approximately 30 min.), appropriates Appadurai's (1990) concept of ethnoscapes, particularly the domestic workers in Hong Kong. The film shows images from several Sundays in Hong Kong when female Filipino domestic workers are temporarily able to transform the urbanity of Hong Kong's business district into their own private spaces … Continue reading Sunday (e)Scapes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLnOkP9t3Wg Baad ng Pauno (Restless) 30mins Statement: One of my great-aunts has been refused an American tourist visa five times. Auntie Ding, my mother's sister -- three times. My mother -- once. I have a five-year U.S. visa, which I received in Japan while studying at the University of Tokyo. In this film, my mother, … Continue reading Baad ng Pauno
Statement: Living for about four years in Japan, one Filipina has grown quite tired of the "random" questioning of the immigration police who inquire about her visa status. One day, she gets off at Shinagawa train station (the stop closest to the city's busiest immigration office) to conduct a small social experiment. This one-time performance/experiment … Continue reading Performing Naturalness
Binubusog tayo sa teorya sa loob ng Unibersidad ng Pilipinas. at habang nag-aaral pa, marami sa atin ang nangangarap basagin ang ordinaryo dahil tayo ay hinuhubog na maging mahusay, ideyalistiko at makabayan. Pero saan na tayo tutuloy pagkaiwan ng ating mga sablay? Saan na patungo ang biyahe mula sa tinaguriang "red carpet" ng edukasyon? In … Continue reading Sablay
With Daniel Smart and Almira Walde Producer: Ethnographic Film Unit, Dept. of Anthropology, University of British Columbia Statement: Since the 1970s, about ten million Filipinos have spread to over 200 countries and territories as overseas workers. This film is about the Filipino migrants' custom of sending Balikbayan (homecoming) Boxes – parcels filled with gifts – … Continue reading Balikbayan: Return to the Nation
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