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Program 62
David Henry Hwang Theatre • 9:00 p.m.
 
A POCKETFUL OF MIRACLES (RT: 85 minutes)
Chocolate, bagels, or cigarettes, anyone? Is there anything you’d like to confess? Or maybe you’d simply want to kick some ass? VC FILMFEST closes out its run at the David Henry Hwang Theatre with a typically kinetic collection of works that casts a cockeyed look at the way we acculturate to American society. Ready to rock? Then ladies and gentlemen, start your engines…

CHOCOLATE
(USA, 2003) Dir./Scr.: Ron Domingo
A boy smuggles chocolate to his lolo, unaware that his stern lola is on to his scheme. Will our hero cover up his deed in time? Or will he even need to?
Video (originated on 16mm), 5 min., color, Narrative





 
THE BAKERY
(USA, 2003) Dir./Scr.: Roseanne Ma, Rio Puertollano
After being accosted by rice kings on the streets of New York, Joy, an American-born Chinese, is forced to question her own pre-conceived notions regarding race and appearance when a Cantonese speaking Caucasian man comes to her aid in a Chinatown bakery.
Video, 5 min., color, Narrative
 


CIGARETTE
(USA, 2004) Dir.: Daniel Roemer
(none provided)
Video, 6 min., color, Narrative
 





CARMEN’S VIRTUE
(USA, 2003) Dir./Scr.: Tran Quoc Bao
In this Hong Kong-style action comedy, a brush with danger compels Carmen to seek comfort from her boyfriend, Kai. Callous in his initial reaction, Kai is prodded by his friends into a situation that goes deeper than any of them had expected, and is forced to prove his worth.
Video, 27 min., color, Narrative
 



CHUNKY
(USA, 2003) Dir./Scr.: Phil Wong
Johnny Chen, an unemployed actor struggling with both a weight problem and a taunting older brother, gets a call from his talent agent about a martial arts audition he has lined up for him. The thing is, Johnny doesn’t know any martial arts. His agent tells him to go to the audition anyway and fake it. That's when all the fun starts…
Video, 8 min., color, Narrative
 




AMERICAN SEOUL
(USA, 2003) Dir.: Jason Moore; Scr.: Grace Rowe
Based on an award-winning feature-length script by Korean American Grace Rowe, AMERICAN SEOUL offers a biting and humorous look into the lives of four young Asian American girls living in El Lay. The narrator, a fresh-off-the-boat punk rocker leads the viewer into the world of jaded aspiring actresses, hip-hop gangster girls, and whitewashed beauty contestants.
Video, 7 min., color, Narrative




 
JESUS HENRY CHRIST
(USA, 2003) Dir.: Dennis Lee; Scr.: Joe Turner Lin, Dennis Lee
A poor scholarship student in a strict Catholic school, Henry’s unconventional convictions land him in the office of the newly appointed Headmaster. Feared by all, Father Benet firmly believes that to spare the rod is to spoil the child.
Video, 17 min., color, Narrative




 
SKID MARKS
(USA, 2003) Dir./Scr.: Roman Cortez, Chito Arellano, Tracy Tubera
The latest comic send-up from Southern California's Seven-Oh-Five posse imagines our heros (Chito, Roman and Tracy—who else?) as Reed Spacer, Michael McNight (The KnightRider, yo) and Triple Deezel battling for supreme conquest of the suburban streets.
Video, 10 min., color, Narrative

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