The San Diego Filipino

EPIC FILIPINO WAR FILM

BY DIRECTOR JOHN SAYLES PREMIERES

IN SAN DIEGO

(San Diego, CA) – The San Diego Asian Film Foundation (SDAFF) is proud to announce the San Diego premiere of the Philippine-American War Film, AMIGO, by John Sayles, at 7PM on Friday, August 5 at the San Diego Museum of Photographic Arts. Sayles is an Oscar-nominated director and writer of such films as LONE STAR, SUNSHINE STATE, and THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES. AMIGO will be Sayles’ first foray into an Asian Pacific-themed film and stars actors DJ Qualls and Chris Cooper.

It is 1900. Trapped between Spanish and American colonizers, an indigenous spirit in the Philippines swells, and heroes are made. A maverick of American independent cinema, director John Sayles journeys across cultures to find that in the heat of conflict, there are no easy answers, and only the efforts by those destined to make the most of their situation.

AMIGO

FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 2011 | 7:00PM

Est. Running Time: 128 minutes

In Tagalog and Spanish w/English Subtitles

San Diego Museum of Photographic Arts

1659 El Prado, San Diego, CA 92101

SDAFF members $8. General Admission tickets are $10.

For more information and to order pre-sale tickets: www.SDAFF.org | 619.400.5906 | Daniel@sdaff.org.

FANHS is sponsoring an event to promote the book on Filipinos in San Diego.

August 20th @ the Malcolm X Library @ 12:30 PM. Refreshments will be served. Arcadia, the publisher has just about sold out of the 1st printing.

A four year old child named Adrian, my wife’s nephew living in the Philippines, is in desperate need of a $12,000 operation to survive the complications of Hydrocephalus and a botched operation where a shunt that was inserted into his head to drain the fluid broke and wrapped around his brain resulting in blindness and tremors. The family is destitute and desperate.

In an attempt to raise the necessary funds, I’ve put together a website which provides further description, pictures, video and a donation button using PayPal: adrianoperation.com/

We realize that we’re strangers, not a non-profit and there’s no guarantee we can possibly give that is foolproof and convincing that your money will go to Adrian’s operation. It’s only the desperate plight of this child that forces us to take action in spite of those drawbacks and provide this life-saving operation. Please consider taking a chance. For our part, we will keep you informed of our fund-raising efforts and his condition.

Thank You and Warmest Regards,

Jeff & Rea (Torato) Simmons
email: jefs999@gmail.com

Please email me if you want to be part of a list of Filipino clubs I am compiling. I get many inquiries about how to participate in the community and would like to have this information handy,  in one place and this website can serve this purpose for community events.

Do you like making a difference in your
community? If so take a look at the following opportunity to participate in a
market research study- Let’s make a difference in our community!

The Fair Housing Council of San Diego is seeking volunteers as housing researchers. Please click on the link below. All details are included in this flyer:

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