TV journalist Lloyd LaCuesta holds post-screening conversation with Jose Antonio Vargas. PHOTOS BY JOAQUIN JAY GONZALEZ III
Audience at Golden Gate University welcomes filmmaker at screening.
SAN FRANCISCO, California — Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas’ film Documented screened at Golden Gate University April 19 to an audience of nearly 200. (See trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7F8uw9hw_A )
The showing was hosted by the online magazine PositivelyFilipino.com as its first public event, according to publisher Mona Lisa Yuchengco.
Former TV newsreporter now San Jose State University journalism professor Lloyd LaCuesta held a conversation with Vargas after the showing. Vargas fielded questions from the audience afterward.
The documentary written, produced and directed by Vargas’ chronicles his experience as an undocumented immigrant who becomes a crusader for immigration reform.
Vargas publicly revealed his immigration status in a June 2011 New York Times Magazine piece. His “coming out” also landed him on the cover of TIME.
The film climaxes in Vargas’ poignant Skyped reunion with his mother, whom he had not seen for 14 years.
Documented will be released in select New York and Los Angeles theaters before its television broadcast on CNN, which bought its national distribution rights.
The film’s executive producers include Napster co-founder Sean Parker, The Hangover‘s Scott Budnick and The Joy Luck Club‘s Janet Yang.
Westbay Multi-Services’ Rudy Asercion and Inquirer.net marketing VP Esther Chavez hands Vargas the Philippine American Press Club Torch Bearer Award in Journalism after the showing.
Source: http://globalnation.inquirer.net/102534/vargas-documentary-previews-in-san-francisco#ixzz3B2GWNhGX
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hi danny & joy :)i’m glad you’re enjoying korea! at the same time it’s sad to hear that you’ll be apart for one year. too bad joy is going home in a few days and will miss the conimg of spring. spring in korea can be very beautiful, especially when the trees begin to bloom. it takes a while to get used to the cold but the summer there will be all too familiar just as humid and muggy as summer in manila. really hope you can go around seoul before joy leaves. you can take the seoul city tour bus (there are several types of tours). if you’re pressed for time, best to go to gyeongbukgung palace and then explore the nearby insadong (a whole street that sort of encapsulates all the different things you can find all over korea craft shops, art galleries, street performances, traditional tea houses, etc). yes, it can get lonely there. and there may be some racism from strangers. but overall, i’m sure you’ll really enjoy yourself. :)Reply: Hi, Sandra! Long time no see. Thanks for your comment. Yes, the weather in Korea takes some getting used to, and I’m already bracing myself for the conimg of winter. We already took the Daejeon city tour last Saturday and enjoyed the sights. We will definitely keep in mind your suggestions when we go to Seoul, if not in the next few days then definitely in the near future. All the best!
Hello Danny and Joy:I have a Google alert for the word Daejeon so I came across your blog. Welcome to Daejeon you’ll find it a manbaegale city. I love to cook and am always foraging for food so if you are looking for anything, just drop me a line and I’ll tell you if I know where you can find it. I’m Filipino-American so I’m familiar with Filipino food (my caldereta rocks).The one thing I wanted to tell you was the season for the Yellow Dust is soon upon us. Horrendous amounts of yellow pollen will be arriving in Daejeon. If you leave your windows open to let the cool air in and avoid using the air conditioner, you will have to mop DAILY to collect all the pollen to avoid suffering from the ill effects.Ask your co-workers about the Yellow Dust they’ll tell you how bad it can be. The dust has begun in Seoul, and in the town where I work, Kongju, it has started as well.Have a great weekend and maybe we’ll meet sometime.EarlReply: Joy has already returned to the Philippines today (March 22) but I expect her to be back in the future. Thanks for the tip. I will definitely look you up. All the best!