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Synopsis
PANDEMIC BREAD is a short dramatic film about a Filipina interpreter taking an end-of-life call with a doctor and an elderly woman diagnosed with COVID in her quarantined hospital room. This is a story of resilience, agency, and hope told through the eyes of the interpreter who bakes bread during the call. The film involves a unique collaboration with San Diego Filipino community, UCSD students, and film professionals. By coming together to creatively express COVID-related experiences, this film offers an artistic vehicle of catharsis to aid in collective healing.
Bio
I am passionate about creating media representations of women and specifically women of African heritage. My mission as a creative/professional right now is to leave a legacy of work for other women, especially women media artists, to view and hopefully be inspired by. I have always been interested in and passionate about history. My career is not only in one specific form of media making. I have been resourceful enough to have done documentary, narrative and experimental films. The subject matter is the most important vehicle for my development in media production, and I have a track record that proves that I try to bend form as much as possible.
Screening History
World Premiere - Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival 2023
San Diego Asian Film Festival 2023
Blackstar Film Festival 2023
Credits
Filipina Interpreter - Princess Punzalan
Cinematographer - Norbert Shieh
Co-Screenwriter - Marivi Soliven
