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Program 53
David Henry Hwang Theatre • 4:00 p.m.
 
YOUTH + ARTS + ACTIVISM (RT: 56 minutes)
Young people have the power, which grows exponentially when a camera is put in their hands. Stories of activism, labor, identity and education are given a uniquely “ground-level” spin through the eyes of this collection of budding filmmakers.

OF THE FIELDS
(USA, 2002) Dir.: Tabitha Luna
An experimental short honoring the history of Latino immigrants.
Video, 3 min., color, Experimental
 
FLYING LIKE THE QUETZAL
(USA, 2004) Dir.: Milton, G. Hernandez
A personal narrative the complexity of identities and the struggle against multiple oppression while organizing for justice and liberation.
Video, 5 min.
 
DRUMBEAT
(USA, 2003) Dir.: Shormin Hossein, Mehreen Afroz, A. Sheila Mirza, “Shoshi” Refat Doza
In the aftermath of 9/11, working-class Desi youth of New York City come together and organize against racial profiling and INS detention.
Video, 5 min., color, Documentary
 
FIRST BORN
(USA, 2003) Dir.: Sophya Chum
FIRST BORN tells the story of struggle for a young Khmer woman in trouble with the law.
Video, 3 min., color, Documentary
 







“IN THE MIX”
(USA, 2003) Dir.: InnerCity Struggle
(no synopsis provided)
Video, 10 min.
 
HEI GU YOUTH
(USA, 2003) Dir.: Sandy Saeng Saeturn, Connie Chuong
Young Bay Area women venture into the male-dominated world of Hei Gu Chinese drumming to reaffirm their personal sense of identity and accomplishment.
Video, 2 min., color, Documentary
 
RE-DEFINED
(USA, 2004) Dir.: Ned del Callejo
From the universe to the fetus, RE-DEFINED explores the liberation from the traditional binary system of gender into the notion of a gender-plus existence, bridging the personal to the political.
Video, 5 min., color,
 
SWEATSHOP MOM
(USA, 2003) Dir.: Damaris Orozco, Mayra Chaidez, et. al.
This video short from the youth media arts program at L.A.’s Roosevelt High School profiles a day in the life of a working mother in L.A.’s garment industry.
Video, 2 min., color, Documentary






 
READDRESSING THE DRESS CODE
(USA, 2003) Dir.: M. Newcomer
READDRESSING THE DRESS CODE explores the varying perspectives on public school dress regulations among students, teachers and administrators alike.
Video, 8 min., color, Documentary
 






PROFIT OF HATE
(USA, 2003) Dir.: Taizet Hernandez
(no synopsis provided)
Video, 3, min., color, (genre TBD)







 
YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO BREAK THE SILENCE
(USA, 2003) Dir.: Sista II Sista
An examination of the policy of police harrassment towards young women of color in the Bushwick area of Brooklyn, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO BREAK THE SILENCE foregrounds the perspectives of the young victims of police abuse, and examines the effects of such abuse on the surrounding neighborhoods.
Video, 10 min., color, Documentary

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