Tanggol Migrante Maintains Support of Filipino Migrants as US Mourns Renee Good
The new year came out swinging. The newspapers covering yet another US-backed coup in Venezuela barely cooled from printing when ICE officer Jonathan Ross shot and killed legal observer Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis. As ICE activities escalate and continue unchecked, so too does the number of casualties. Grief and rage march hand-in-hand in the streets.
Local Filmmaker Shea Formanes Chats New Short Diwata, Production Process
Last year I was privileged to speak with local filmmaker Shea Formanes about her first feature, I Watched Her Grow. Recently, Shea and I spoke again, this time about shooting a short film she is currently working on. We spoke about her process and how this particular film, titled Diwata (a Filipino word meaning “muse”) went from an idea into her current project. We also went into great detail about how a film like this gets made and the partnerships she found along the way.