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DESCRIPTION:VC DIGITAL POSSE 06 EDITION\nWednesday\, May 10\, 8:00 p.m.\nAr
 atani/Japan America Theatre\, 244 S. San Pedro Street\, Los Angeles\, CA 9
 0012\n\nOnce again\, Visual Communications proudly presents the latest edi
 tion of works from its pioneering emerging filmmaker program\, the Armed W
 ith a Camera Fellowship. In tandem with a couple of new works from the UCL
 A Center for EthnoCommunications' Video Ethnography Workshop\, this groupi
 ng of new works casts an eye on the social situation\, and how us  Asian p
 eoples—youngsters\, seniors\, queer\, straight\, wannabes\, never-were's
  and just about everything else in between—are making an impact on the w
 hole big scene.\n\nShow order to be determined.\n\n<strong>A DAY BEHIND BA
 RS</strong>\n(United States\, 2006) Dir.: Apollo Victoria\nRudy Corpuz of 
 United Playaz takes at-risk youth\non a day trip to visit prisoners of San
  Quentin.\nOrganizers\, youth and prisoners give their viewpoints\non the 
 program and on prison issues.\n\n<strong>THE DEBUTANTES OF ORANGE COUNTY</
 strong>\n(United States\, 2006) Dir.: Rhianne Paz Bergado\nExplores the cr
 ossroads of music\, culture\, and\ngender hidden behind the Orange Curtain
 .\n\n<strong>FOR TOMORROW MAY RAIN</strong>\n(United States\, 2006) Dir.: 
 Sandra Chheng\nGal buys products to fill the void in her life\, but\nthe p
 ursuit of a pair of yellow rain boots leads\nher to the unexpected.\n\n<st
 rong>GOT BOOK?\nAUNTIE HELEN'S GIFT OF BOOKS</strong>\n(United States\, 20
 05) Dir.: Florante Peter Ibanez\nGOT BOOK? profiles Helen Agcaoili Summers
 \nBrown\, founder of the Filipino American Library.\n\n<strong>HANG IN THE
 RE BABY!</strong>\n(United States\, 2006) Dir.: Michael D. Caigoy\nA surre
 al meditation on the fickle character of\nhappiness and motivation.\n\n<st
 rong>HONORABLE SON</strong>\n(United States\, 2006) Dir.: Jay Esguerra\nA 
 Filipino son must open a dialogue to confront\nparental silence in acknowl
 edging his gay\nidentity at home.\n\n<strong>HOOPTOWN INTERNATIONAL</stron
 g>\n(United States\, 2006) Dir.: A. Gabe Pagtama\nA youth basketball organ
 ization that has produced\nplayers playing college basketball in America a
 nd\nprofessional basketball in the Philippines.\n\n<strong>METRO ES PARA T
 ODOS:\n"GRANDMA" HEE POK KIM & THE BUS RIDERS UNION</strong>\n(United Stat
 es\, 2006) Dir.: Eurie Chung\nAn elderly Los Angeles Koreatown denizen\nre
 counts her activities with the Bus Riders' Union.\n\n<strong>PANDA MAN</st
 rong>\n(United States\, 2006) Dir.: Rebecca Yee\nRick Yitt sought to liber
 ate pandas and end panda\nexploitation\, until attacked and killed by the\
 ninfamous giant panda\, Ling-Ling.\n\n<strong>TRANS ART</strong>\n(United 
 States\, 2006) Dir.: Maricar Camaya\nExamines art in the lives of Dominic 
 Madrid\, a\nsinger and performance artist\, and Ryka Aoki de\nla Cruz\, an
  artist and organizer of Trans/Giving.\n\n<strong>YIGGER</strong>\n(United
  States\, 2006) Dir.: Koji Sakai\, Joseph Phong Dao\nRyan wants to be Afri
 can American so bad that he\neven sees himself as one.\n\nAll programs sub
 ject to change and/or cancellation without notice.\nTo purchase tickets ca
 ll: (213) 680-4462 x59\; or visit the VC FILMFEST website: \n<a href="http
 ://www.vconline.org">www.vconline.org</a>\n\nCommunity Co-Presenter: UCLA 
 Center for EthnoCommunications\n\nFESTIVAL SPONSORS: PRESENTING: Honda\; P
 REMIUM: Directors Guild of America\; \nPLATINUM: L.A. Weekly\, National En
 dowment for the Arts\, Workplace Hollywood\; GOLD: Multicultural Radio Bro
 adcast\, Inc.\, Project by Project\, Sony Pictures Entertainment\, Wahoo's
  Fish Taco\; OFFICIAL FESTIVAL BEER: Heineken\; SILVER: Department of Cult
 ural Affairs - City of Los Angeles\, Eastman Kodak Company\, FOX\, Los Ang
 eles County Arts Commission\, L.A. Digital\, Mole-Richardson Co.\, MTV Fil
 ms\, MUSE\, Tiger Cinema\; BRONZE: CJ Entertainment America\, Diskovery Ce
 nter\, East West Players\, Hitachi\, Ltd.\, Japanese American Cultural & C
 ommunity Center\, Japanese American National Museum\, SAG Indie\, Search t
 o Involve Pilipino Americans\, Union Bank of California\, Warner Independe
 nt Pictures\, Writers Guild of America\, West Inc.\; FESTIVAL AWARDS: East
 man Kodak Company\, Write Brothers\, Inc.\; TRAVEL: Cathay Pacific Airways
 \, Southwest Airlines\; RECEPTION: Blue Hen\, Buddha's Belly\, Coalition o
 f Asian Pacifics in Entertainment\, Creative Floral Designs\, EmergenC\, P
 enta Water\, Sjoeblom\, Sushi Dan\, Via Café\, Wahoo's Fish Taco\; VC@NIT
 E: Game Boy LA\, jd8 Records\, The Plan C Group\, Inc.\; MEDIA: GIANT ROBO
 T\, IKON\, ImaginAsian TV\, LA 18\, LA Weekly\, Multicultural Radio Broadc
 ast\, Inc.\, Munky King\, thirteenminutes Magazine\; VENUE: Aratani/Japan 
 America Theatre\, Directors Guild of America\, Laemmle's Sunset 5\, Nation
 al Center for the Preservation of Democracy\; Invitation Printing: Nonstop
  Printing \nPLATINUM SPONSOR:\nL.A. Weekly - National Endowment for the Ar
 ts - Workplace Hollywood\nPREMIUM SPONSOR:\nDirectors Guild of America\nPR
 ESENTING SPONSOR:\nHonda
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SUMMARY:VC Film Festival: VC Digital Posse 6 Edition
URL:/en/events/2006/05/10/vc-film-festival-vc-digital-posse-6-edition/
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