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Program 56
David Henry Hwang Theatre • 7:30 p.m.
 
AWC MEETS ETHNO: DIGITAL POSSE 04 (RT: 58 minutes)
The third edition of Visual Communications’ groundbreaking showcase for new digital works is augmented for the first time by a selection of works produced through the UCLA Asian American Studies Center’s Video Ethnography workshops—a component of the AASC’s Center for Ethnocommunications. From interactive dialogs with friends and family, to the reclamation of vital histories, these works reaffirm an historic connection between the realms of both academia and community.

THE INTERVIEW
(USA, 2004) Dir./Scr.: Lushun Quon
A boy finds an audio recording of his grandmother and finds that he did not know her as well as he thought.
Video, 5 min., color, Narrative
 
NO VACANCY
(USA, 2004) Dir./Wtr.: Tina Bhaga, Elena Bovetti, Alexandra Lewis
A probing look at hotel managers of South Asian descent living and working in South Central Los Angeles, NO VACANCY offers a look into how Asian communities interact with the people and customs of their adopted country.
Video, 11 min., color, Documentary
 
MY FAMILY’S LULLABY
(USA, 2004) Dir./Wtr.: Mia Villanueva
Director Villanueva (ON SUNDAYS, Festival 2003) offers an essay of her grandfather, a classical and jazz pianist who has played alongside the greats of 20th century music.
Video, 5 min., color, Documentary
 
WHAT’S FOR DINNER, DEAR?
(USA, 2004) Dir./Scr.: John Nguyen
A young All-American couple in the 1950s attempt to live normal lives and develop a nuclear family until they are introduced to a uniquely Asian product newly available for Western consumption.
Video, 5 min., black & white, Narrative
 





BROKEN PROMISES
(USA, 2002) Dir./Wtr.: Christine Araquel, Jose “Bookis” Flores, Michelle Gutierrez, Amber Ng
In this moving documentary portrait, Pilipino World War II veterans struggle for equity.
Video, 9 min., color, Documentary
 






down so bad, looking up
(USA, 2004) Dir./Scr.: Roldan Lozada
An elderly man (Muni Zano) evokes the spirit of his muse, Charles Bukowsky, in this sparely acted work of “beat” storytelling.
Video, 5 min., color, Narrative Short Video





 
AMONG B-BOYS
(USA, 2004) Dir./Wtr.: Chris Woon
The burgeoning Hmong hip-hop youth culture of Atwater, California (a suburb north of Fresno) is sharply observed in this intimate documentary profile.
Video, 5 min., color, Documentary
 
810LOGY
(USA, 2002) Dir./Wtr.: Hana Jung, Laura Lin, Michelle Reyes, Eric Tandoc
The history of a multiethnic skateboard crew from Long Beach, CA is profiled in this UCLA production.
Video, 13 min., color, Documentary

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