“Filipinos love drama. We love to sing and dance. It was like, ‘Why not a musical?’ I think it would be the perfect vehicle for telling Larry’s story.” -Melvign Badiola
Five years since embarking on their documentary-in-progress, Unseen, Set Hernandez Rongkilyo is finally starting to feel seen as a filmmaker, and as a person….
“I hope that the excitement that we all feel is contagious and that everybody that watches it feels our joy and our spirit.” —Lea Salonga
“I would have done an album a disservice if I had this project talking about the Filipino American experience and not include elements of Filipino language.”
“I feel that there are narratives of the Filipino experience that tend to get told a lot. I think those are important, but I think especially for this season, we are really trying to dive a little bit deeper. It’s not just about being a Filipino person, it’s really about being a person and finding your place in the world.”
Highlighting Filipino American filmmakers at CAAMFest 2018!
Your chance to win a children’s book package, including the new book by late historian Dawn Bohulano Mabalon and Gayle Romasanta, and illustrated by Andre Sibayan, about the Filipino American farmworker and leader.
This month, we’ll be highlighting Filipino American community leaders.
The cultural district gets state recognition. Check out some of our SOMA Pilipinas stories.
The school has a long history of providing Filipino language and culture to San Francisco students.
“I think the visibility of Filipio Americans is now coming to the forefront because we’re finally realizing, we have really arrived.” – Alleluia Panis, Kularts
Bindlestiff was a second home to many Filipinos and had become a multi-generational cultural hub, a beloved and important space within the community.