Programs Listing

 

M O N D A Y , M A Y 2
PROGRAM 38, 4:00 p.m.
David Henry Hwang Theatre

Youth Power!
TRT: 39 minutes

Showcasing a variety of styles and perspectives, our annual youth media program showcases perspectives from folks on the cusp of adulthood, and brings into sharp relief the pitfalls of growing up too soon.

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DIFFERENT CITIES
(United States, 2004) Dir./Scr.: Leo Hobaica, et. al.
Conceived by 4th and 5th graders from Castelar Elementary School in Los Angeles Chinatown, DIFFERENT CITIES reflects the everyday experiences of youngsters living in adjoining communities both real and imagined. Various animation and video production techniques brings to life a visual journey through cities of the imagination in which the viewer becomes a fascinated tourist lost in a enchanted zoo, an orange cathedral, a house full of music, and many more mesmerizing spots...
Video, 10 minutes, Color, Animation

  
 


BLU
(United States, 2003) Dir./Scr.: Leo Mobiaza, et. al.
Produced by 4th and 5th graders from L.A.'s Northwood Elementary School, BLU imagines a world held together by the presence of the color blue. Blue shows up here and there, pulses in this and that scene, and remains the connecting thread through the narration, which is complemented by a soundtrack of Balinese gamelan music and dance performed by the students themselves.
Video, 8 minutes, Color, Animation

  
 


SUNDAY
(United States, 2004) Dir./Scr.: Harry Souders
A young sk8er's Sunday routine is upset by bullies who attack him in a public restroom. He takes his frustrations out on a female friend, only to snap out of it!óit was all a bad dream.
Betacam SP, 4 minutes, Color, Narrative

  
 


ETERNITY
(United States, 2004) Dir./Scr.: Daniel Ahn
A young Korean American woman finds out that she is HIV-positive, but where did she contract the virus? And from whom?
Video, 6 minutes, Color, Narrative
  
 


PAID WRONG
(United States, 2004) Dir./Scr.: Joel R.
A young man newly released from prison seeks to reunite with his girlfriend, unaware that she has moved on with her life.
Video, 7 minutes, Color, Narrative

  
 
 

BUSING
(United States, 2005) Dir./Scr.: Christalily Chiv, Benny Guan, Karen Boba
Nguyen, Judy Huang, Jonson Sung, Helen Nguyen, John Sie
BUSING profiles five Chinatown youth whose lives are impacted by enforced
busing to schools removed both geographically and socially from their home
environments. The film affords the youths to express opinions that bring into sharp
relief the social conditions of their home surroundings and disconnection
caused by travaelling to their new schools.
Video, 10 minutes, Color, Documentary

 

 		  
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