A GUIDE FOR WHEN IMMIGRANTS BECOME ANCESTORS

Filmmakers in attendance. Film program will be followed by Q&A

A Guide For When Immigrants Become Ancestors features references to Selena Quintanilla, Larry Itliong, Google Translate, and my grandfathers. Pairing personal experience with poetry, the film paints an intimate portrait of a fourth-generation Mexican Filipino American, as they navigate what it means to inherit an identity rooted in cultural memory.

CREDITS
Director: Iliana Garcia
Writer: Iliana Garcia
Director of Photography: Robert Rodriquez
Colorist: Hans Borg
Composer: Sarah Ibrahim
Sound Mixer: Sarah Ibrahim

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ARMED WITH A CAMERA VOL. 2022

Celebrating its twentieth anniversary the Armed With a Camera (AWC) Fellowship for Emerging Media Artists develops the next generation of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander artists to connect our communities through the power of our stories.