Upstairs/Downstairs – ‘Parasite’ is a vivid portrayal of people who live in the bowels of poverty and those who wallow in their wealth. Images: Neon (Parasite), Studio-Annika/Getty Images (Stage Blood)Vanity Fair.HWD Can Filipinos become parasites? A review by Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas Is it possible that a Filipino family can become parasites (ang nabubuhay sa gugol ng […]
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Quezon’s Game: A Filipino Schindler’s List.The players include the Nazi (Kevin Kraemer), the president (Raymond Bagatsing), the general (David Bianco), and the Jew (Billy Ray Gallion). Canada Netizens weigh in on ‘Quezon’s Game’ Why is Winnipeg missed in the screenings? Updated: Teodoro Alcuitas The announcement of the movie Quezon’s Game which opens tomorrow ( January 24)
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Critically acclaimed during its multi-award-winning festival run and successful May 2019 theatrical release in the Philippines, “Quezon’s Game” will begin its U.S./Canadian theatrical rollout on January 24th. A true story of Holocaust heroism during World War II in the Philippines by Filipino President Manuel L. Quezon—who rescued as many persecuted Jews as Oskar Schindler at
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Pardz Night has made a historic milestone in the Filipino-Canadian community as Canada’s longest Filipino LGBTQ+ social and network event. (Facebook) Toronto, Ontario Pardz Night 25th Anniversary Mildred German Toronto, ON – The Filipino LGBTQ+ community, supporters, and allies in the Greater Toronto Area gathered at Pardz Night’s 25th Anniversary on December 21, 2019 at
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Author Michele Yee reading at November 21st book launch in Orchard Lyceum Gallery, Toronto. INQUIRER/Patty Rivera BOOKS After That August: A photographic memoir of love lost, regained By: Patty Rivera – @inquirerdotnet INQUIRER.net US Bureau / Toronto Correspondent / 12:21 PM November 29, 2019 TORONTO, Ontario — “I used to be scared. Scared that
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Ruiz is one of seven Filipino authors included in “Immersion, An Asian Anthology of Love, Fantasy and Speculative Fiction” to be launched on December 7. Vancouver, B.C. Conversation with I.J.P. Ruiz and Vincent Ternida A day after Remembrance Day, the rain fell signalling the height of the Fall season. Clocks turned back an hour, daylight ends halfway through
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Kwyn Aquino (left) and Maria Filipina Palad present their works at symposium. (Photo: Kwyn Aquino by Hannah Campbell, Maria Filipina Palad (Provided)). Vancouver, B.C. Understanding the rapidly changing nature of media: “Visual Becoming” By Ted Alcuitas Two Filipino graduate students of Simon Fraser University’s School for Contemporary Arts are among seven graduates participating in
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VanVogueJam founder Ralph Escamillan is performing with Kapwatids and other artists in FUSE: Resonance. Vancouver,B.C. Escamillan, KAPWATIDS featured By Ted Alcuitas Filipino-Canadian artists Ralph Escamillan and KAPWATIDS composed of Immortal, Elysse Cloma and Joshua Ongcol will be among future performers on Friday, November 22 for FUSE: Resonances , Vancouver’s most popular art party. Held at
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Diagnosed with autism at age 3, J. A. Tan continues to work at his art. (Facebook) Vancouver,B.C. Artist returns to his ‘happy place’ By Ted Alcuitas He may not be the world’s most famous artist yet but Jose Antonio (J.A.) Tan certainly can count among history’s most inspiring personalities on the autism spectrum as an
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C.E. (Chris) Gatchalian reading at the KGB Bar, New York. (Photo by Tanya Marquardt) Vancouver,B.C. Reviewer finds Double Melancholy a valuable resource for the diasporic narrative and Filipinx experience Double Melancholy: Art, Beauty, and the Making of a Brown Queer Man by C.E. Gatchalian Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press, 2019 $18.95 / 9781551527536 Reviewed by Vincent
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