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Personal Meditations on Family, Inheritance, and the Work of Becoming Whole

News Personal Meditations on Family, Inheritance, and the Work of Becoming Whole At the 2025 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, four standout shorts. Charlie Can Talk, Daly City, A...
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Land, Lineage, and Resistance: Indigenous Narratives at LAAPFF 2025 Reclaim Voice and Vision

News Land, Lineage, and Resistance: Indigenous Narratives at LAAPFF 2025 Reclaim Voice and Vision At the 2025 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (LAAPFF), stories told by and about the descendants of...
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What We Refuse: Films of Rebellion and Reckoning at LAAPFF 2025

News What We Refuse: Films of Rebellion and Reckoning at LAAPFF 2025 Written by Eseel Borlasa, After Bruce At the 2025 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, five short films...
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Memory, Movement, and Making Meaning: Three Films at LAAPFF 2025 Ask Us to Reflect -and Reimagine

News Memory, Movement, and Making Meaning: Three Films at LAAPFF 2025 Ask Us to Reflect -and Reimagine Written by Eseel Borlasa, After Bruce What do we carry forward from the past? How do we hold...
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When Refusal Is Gentle, and Still Revolutionary

News When Refusal Is Gentle, and Still Revolutionary Written by Eseel Borlasa, After Bruce At LAAPFF 2025, four short films challenge the idea that resistance must...
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“We Are All Responsible for Each Other”: Remembering, Rebuilding, and Dancing Forward in Chinatown Stories

News “We Are All Responsible for Each Other”: Remembering, Rebuilding, and Dancing Forward in Chinatown Stories Written by Eseel Borlasa, After Bruce At LAAPFF 2025, two poignant films, Edmund Soohoo: The Heart of Chinatown...
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Birthday Blues and a Ding: Kumar Kumar Finds Humor in Isolation at LAAPFF 2025

News Birthday Blues and a Ding: Kumar Kumar Finds Humor in Isolation at LAAPFF 2025 Written by Eseel Borlasa, After Bruce In a world full of push notifications, unread messages, and Instagram scrolls,...
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SURRENDER: What We Carry and How We Heal

News SURRENDER: What We Carry and How We Heal Written by Eseel Borlasa, After Bruce In Surrender, Jess Dang delivers a courageous and deeply personal feature debut...
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Joy, Rebellion, and Diaspora: LAAPFF 2025 Celebrates Asian Stories That Dance Across Generations

News Joy, Rebellion, and Diaspora: LAAPFF 2025 Celebrates Asian Stories That Dance Across Generations Written by Eseel Borlasa, After Bruce Los Angeles, CA – At the 2025 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film...
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GRASSROOTS RISING: A Legacy of Labor, Love, and Liberation

News GRASSROOTS RISING: A Legacy of Labor, Love, and Liberation Written by Eseel Borlasa, After Bruce Two decades ago, a film quietly but powerfully captured a rising tide...