PROGRAM TWO
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8
Showtime 8:00 p.m.
birth from PERTH
647 North Spring Street • Los Angeles Chinatown
Entrance to venue from North Spring Street, adjacent to Asian Noodles; Street and lot parking available

PINOY PARKING LOT VISIONS
FPAC activities move for the first time to Los Angeles Chinatown, home to a growing boho Pinoy artists’ community, for a unique outdoor movie-watching experience. A special display of Puro Pinoy art and pre-festival celebration at the cutting-edge clothing design room, birth from PERTH, opens into a parking lot showing of new cinema works by Pinoy artists. Definitely an event not to be missed!
J.C. KICKS ALIEN ASS
(Philippines, 2003) Dir: Jed Escueta, Leo Saño
In this installment of the “Sk8r Jesus” series we are proudly showcasing here at PINOY VISIONS, J.C. vanquishes the invading aliens in ways that Tom Cruise couldn’t even imagine in that Spielberg movie of a few months before…
Video, 5 min., color, stop-motion
GOT BOOK? AUNTIE HELEN’S GIFT OF BOOKS
(USA, 2005) Dir: Florante Peter Ibanez
GOT BOOK? profiles Helen Agcaoili Summers Brown, founder of the Filipino American Library. Auntie Helen, as she is widely known in the Filipino community, grew up in the Philippines as a mestiza (half Filipino and half Caucasian American), move to Southern California, attended UCLA., became a teacher and raised a family. Her collection of Philippine books from her father became the basis of her dream, the Filipino American Library.
Video, 8 min., color, documentary
DEJA VU
(USA, 2005) Dir: Nicanor Evangelista Jr.
DEJA VU brings still-figures to life to reveal the corruption in money. The diverse characters in this music video are used to show how money can cause conflict in today's society.
Video, 2 min., color, music video
AKLASAN! (Strike!)
(Philippines/USA, 2005) Dir: Sine Patriyotiko
AKLASAN!, produced by the progressive collective Sine Patriyotiko (Sipat), chronicles the events that followed the November 6, 2004 sugar cane workers’ strike for fair pay and land reform against the controlling interests of the Hacienda Luisita sugarcane plantation and processing mills.
Video, 20 min., color, documentary
AN OLD SOLDIER’S WAR
(USA, 2004) Dir: Gerry Balasta
Pedro, an ex-soldier from the Philippines is now making food deliveries in New York. While making a delivery, Pedro encounters a face from his past.
Video, 10 min., color, narrative

MOTHER (Inay)
(USA, 2004) Dir: Debbie Formoso
In a new environment thousands of miles from home, a young Filipina immigrant struggles to care for a 90-year-old grandmother who suffers from dementia.
Video, 9 min., color, narrative

 
26 (Artist: Tina Pamintuan)
(USA, 2002) Dir: Ben De La Cruz
26 chronicles a young woman’s ordinary existence as the only daredevil cyclist with angel wings.
Video, 4 min., color, music video
NORTH OF OJINAGA
(USA, 2004) Dir: Rommel Eclarinal
Two young immigrants, a Chinese woman and a Mexican man in search of their dreams, are smuggled across the US border from Mexico and abandoned in the vast unforgiving Texas desert. Lost and struggling to survive, they discover hope in each other.
Video, 24 min., color, narrative
CLEAN
(USA, 2004) Dir: Stephen Dypiangco
A Central Park maintenance woman struggles with a moral dilemma after discovering a wallet full of money.
Video, 4 min., black/white, narrative