It was a shocker to find out that the Simpsons are still on the air, but it was a pleasant surprise seeing Jeremy Lin on their 24th season opener. The only down side is they have him in his NY Knicks jersey. You can catch JLin and the Simpsons on Sunday September 30th on Fox. [...]
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Controversial Philippine documentary screens in SF International Asian American Film Festival 2012
March 8th, 2012 by Fil-Am Ako
Award-winning documentary Give Up Tomorrow finally comes to the Bay Area via the SF International Asian American Film Fest. A film about Filipino-Spanish prisoner Paco Larrañaga, Give Up Tomorrow reveals the extraordinary judicial violations that resulted in Paco’s death sentence. A story that is intensely personal yet has far-reaching global reverberations, Paco’s case was championed by the United Nations and [...]
Prison Dancer: The Interactive Web Musical
February 21st, 2012 by Fil-Am Ako
Here’s a preview of the upcoming web-series Prison Dancer brought to you by Romeo Candido & Carmen De Jesus set to be released this March. Prison Dancer is an original interactive musical web series inspired by the viral Youtube phenomenon, the “Dancing Inmates of Cebu.” Featuring a cast of Youtube stars and some of the most [...]
Enter the World of ANAK BATHALA
February 21st, 2012 by Fil-Am Ako
Move over World of Warcraft and Dungeons & Dragons, there’s a new game in town! Enter the world of Anak Bathala, which follows the epic adventure of Kalem that showcases rich Filipino mythology and culture. It exhibits native Filipino beliefs and folk work intertwined with values. The other books included in the series collection are: [...]
The Romance of Magno Rubio snags 5 Nominations in LA Theater Awards
February 20th, 2012 by Fil-Am Ako
Congratulations to the cast and crew behind the revival of The Romance of Magno Rubio! I got word from cast member and Fil-Am Ako interviewee Erick Esteban that the revival earned 5 nominations in the LA Weekly Theater Awards. Magno Rubio is one of my favorite musical productions that I had the pleasure to see [...]
Shanghai Chinese Orchestra to Perform at Chicago Cultural Center on Feb. 24, 2012
February 20th, 2012 by Fil-Am Ako
This Friday, I won’t be watching Jo Koy in Chicago like the rest of the Filipinos in the city. By the way, if you need tickets just contact a kind and underappreciated DePaul graduate student who runs a Filipino-American blog to help you out. Anyways, I will be volunteering for my friends at the Chicago [...]
Catch Episodes of The DAMNED
February 20th, 2012 by Fil-Am Ako
Anyone like scary movies or shows dealing with the supernatural? I know I do, especially when it features a Fil-Am Ako interviewee Cori Dioquino. The web-series is called The Damned with a backstory dealing with the battle in Heaven between God and Lucifer. So for those who know the story, you can tell what the [...]
Meet Patrick Epino – Writer, Director, and Co-Founder of the National Film Society
February 20th, 2012 by Fil-Am Ako
A while back, I interviewed Patrick Epino who is writer, director, and co-founder of the National Film Society along with Stephen Dypiangco. With this interview, I decided to go with a new format through a Skype video interview. In this interview, Patrick shares his journey in becoming a filmmaker and his views of being Filipino-American. An [...]
Filipino Filmmakers Stephen Dypiangco & Patrick Epino on Film School or No Film School
September 17th, 2011 by Fil-Am Ako
Our friend Stephen Dypiangco recently told me about his new project called the National Film Society. The project is a collaboration between Stephen and fellow Filipino filmmaker Patrick Epino. Over the past couple of months, Patrick and Stephen have been developing a new YouTube channel, the National Film Society, which they just launched. In their first video, [...]
Save The Date: Laughs for Literacy II, a Special Night of Fi-Am Comedy
September 16th, 2011 by Fil-Am Ako
Back by popular demand, BKP-NY presents LAUGHS FOR LITERACY II. It’s going to be a special night of FIL-AM comedy benefiting children libraries in the Philippines. Bagong Kulturang Pinoy NY (BKP-NY) is a not for profit organization with a mission to develop a reading culture among all Filipino children in the Philippines. The goal for this event is to [...]