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Pretending that things didn’t happen when a family member comes forward about being abused is one of the hardest things that can occur in a family. This is a reality based on a personal experience that...

A Filipina filmmaker living in Texas made a short film about learning Tagalog while coping with the pandemic and the SXSW audience picked it as a winner. Yong Chavez tells us more....Read More

A Filipino actress and filmmaker who, at one point in her life, was ensnared by a cult, speaks about the experience. As Giovannie Espiritu tells Yong Chavez in this report, that chapter eventually became the starting...

Joanna Vasquez Arong’s documentary short film weaves Filipino myths to understand how a small town copes with the devastation and trauma in the aftermath of a typhoon on an island in the Philippines. Yong Chavez speaks...

A Fil-Am filmmaker tries to capture the essence of Filipinos’ search for self-worth in her short film “Basurero”. The movie, inspired by a real life story, follows a fisherman who tries to make a living while...

Real life often inspires art. As Steve Angeles tells us, hate crimes against Asians have inspired one Filipino American filmmaker to put it on the big screen....Read More

by Jared Bray, ABS-CBN News PARK CITY, Utah — A documentary spotlighting the strength and endurance of Filipina mothers is screening at the Sundance Film Festival this week.  “Motherland” is about mothers — their struggles and strength, their humor and hopefulness.  “They’re very impoverished, marginalized women. But...

In tonight’s final Share That with host Cher Calvin, we meet Sunshine Luchaico DeLeon, a filmmaker whose documentary captures the love story of her grandmother with the rich culture and history of the Philippines — and it’s a...

by Cecile Docto, ABS-CBN News   VANCOUVER – Filipino actor and restaurant entrepreneur, Marvin Agustin has added another notch on his belt – this time as a filmmaker. Agustin’s dream of becoming a director is one step...

NEW YORK – A new take on the Filipino courtship tradition of pamanhikan is the subject of an award-winning short film by Fil-Am indie filmmaker Angelo Santos.   ...Read More