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shareWhile inheritance may invoke histories of those who came before us, these films bring nuance to the ways these histories reach us in the present. Community responsibilities, cultural practices, and even running jokes shape the ways we understand ourselves and relate to others.
Director Shane Chung (Check Please), Director Alfred Bordallo (Daughter of Guam), Director Julia Nacario (Painted Ones), Director James Chung (Import Models), Director Reina Bonta (Maybe It’s Just the Rain), Director Evelyn Hang Yin (Rising), and Director Kirthi Nath (Paramita) will be in attendance for the screening + Q&A.
In this program
CHECK PLEASE
Directed by Shane Chung
Dinner for two turns deadly when a Korean and a Korean American escalate a fight over who gets to pay the bill — and who gets to walk out the restaurant alive.
DAUGHTER OF GUAM
Directed by Alfred Bordallo
Contemplating the inherited burden of her island’s collective loss, a young woman learns to navigate her responsibility to her island’s collective healing.
PAINTED ONES
Directed by Julia Husain Nacario
An Oakland based Bisaya tattoo artist rediscovers and unlocks indigenous Filipino histories through ink.
IMPORT MODELS
Directed by James Chung
Three generations of Asian American women who shaped Import Car culture discuss their struggles, successes, and overall reflections on the impact of modeling.
MAYBE IT’S JUST THE RAIN
Directed by Reina Bonta
The journey of the first winning Filipino soccer team becomes an intimate diasporic return.
RISING
Directed by Evelyn Hang Yin
The little known history of China Alley in California’s Central Valley unfolds through four generations of the Wing family.
PARAMITA
Directed by Kirthi Nath
Over the course of a 25-year coming out process, Prajna connects with Buddhist practices and nature as gateways…
Dates & Times
AMC Kabuki 4
May 10, 2025
7:30 pm
