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.