SATURDAY, MAY 2nd at 6:30pm Directors Guild of America (DGA 2) 7290 Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles, CA. 90046
Sounds of the New Hope will be the opening film of the program titled "Manilatown Is In The Heart". It will be screened alongside the newest film by Curtis Choy, director of the award-winning documentary, The Fall of the I-Hotel. His documentary, Manilatown Is In The Heart, follows the life of legendary Filipino-American poet and activist, Al Robles.
Sounds of a New Hope is a documentary film about the life of Filipino-American MC Kiwi and the growing use of hip-hop as an organizing tool in the people's movement for national liberation and democracy in the Philippines.