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Review: Amigo (Starring: Garret Dillahunt, Chris Cooper, DJ Qualls, Dane DeHaan Directed by: John Sayles, Written by: John Sayles)
Much hype accompanied this movie release, after all it was a John Sayles film, known for titles such as Matewan, Lone Star and some 17 films he wrote and directed, a few of them, politically aware themes. Amigo would best fall under the latter category. He also recently published A Moment in the Sun (2011), a novel about [...]
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[Caught between the irregular recruiting practices of Prince George County school district and an adverse ruling against the district to reimburse Filipino teachers hired on H1B visas. These teachers were hired for their STEM qualifications and now face deportation because the school district no longer needs them. This comes in the heels of a similar [...]
A year a half ago, in 2007, the Asian Museum ran an exhibit of influential Filipino painters, artists who not only defined the aesthetic and pictorial representation of the Filipino but also defined its national public/international image (see post http://kalutang.net/blog/?p=27 ). These were Juan Luna, the erstwhile and controversial colleague of Jose Rizal; Fernando Amorsolo, [...]
Under the ebullient and easy cultural jokes of Kevin Nadal, a sad and grim story about the Filipino American psyche emerges. Dr. Nadal, an Assistant Professor of psychology at City University of New York College of Criminal Justice, grew up and went to school in the East Bay. He is therefore familiar and accustomed to [...]
Music & lyrics by Florante Aguilar and directed by Alleluia Panis
I am a bit ambivalent about this production especially since it was advertised as an “opera”, definitely a misnomer, and especially since I am familiar with the choreographer and the composer/guitarist, both of whom I do admire. But more so, because at the outset, there [...]
Presidio Officers Club, San Francisco. October 22, 2008-February 22, 2009.
The Presidio of San Francisco is currently exhibiting a collection of photographs and artifacts related to Philippine-American War of 1899-1902. The years covered are the textbook periods most American historians subscribe to. It also chronicles the rise of the Presidio as the key military base for [...]
There was a time, when the Filipino dreamed of becoming president of the United States. As an American colonial for three decades (1899-1945) his social and political aspirations were a mirror of the American mind. The Filipinos were fed with American ideals of equality, industry, civic-mindedness by an American inspired educational system with the hopeful [...]
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