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SHORTS PROGRAM: INHERITANCES

While 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.

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.

Dates & Times

AMC Kabuki 4

May 10, 2025
7:30 pm