AMIGO Opening Night Movie Premiere and VIP Reception (featuring Joel Torre) Benefit for FilAm ARTS / FPAC 20
FILAM ARTS
Invites you to the Opening Night of
AMIGO
A Film by JOHN SAYLES
A Film by JOHN SAYLES
Starring Joel Torre and Academy Award ® Winner Chris Cooper
Friday, August 19, 2011
7:00pm Screening with Q&A
9:30pm VIP Reception with JOEL TORRE
(Refreshments will be served. VIP Reception not available to regular Laemmle ticket holders.)
7:00pm Screening with Q&A
9:30pm VIP Reception with JOEL TORRE
(Refreshments will be served. VIP Reception not available to regular Laemmle ticket holders.)
Tickets available through Eventbrite:
Space is limited -- Advance ticket purchase highly recommended.
You won't want to miss this special premiere event!
You won't want to miss this special premiere event!
LAEMMLE MONICA 4
1332 2nd Street
Santa Monica, CA 90401
Santa Monica, CA 90401
Proceeds benefit FilAm ARTS, a Los Angeles nonprofit cultural arts organization whose programs include the
20th Anniversary Festival of Philippine Arts & Culture (FPAC 20) on September 10-11, 2011
Please join FilAm ARTS for a Benefit screening of a Philippine-American co-production, the acclaimed new film, AMIGO, produced by Maggie Renzi, and written and directed by pioneering independent filmmaker John Sayles, the Oscar-nominated writer/director of such films as “Lone Star,” “Matewan,” “Passion Fish,” and “Eight Men Out.” It features a stellar cast that includes such Filipino acting greats as Joel Torre, Bembol Roco, Rio Locsin and Ronnie Lazaro-- along with veteran American actors like Chris Cooper (Oscar-winner for “Adaptation”), Garret Dillahunt, DJ Qualls, and Yul Vasquez (a current Tony nominee performing on Broadway).
AMIGO is that rare important film, as it addresses the Philippine-American War in 1900, a long forgotten chapter in our history. Writer-director Sayles—who researched and read over a hundred books on this subject in various languages—acknowledged the reality that the Philippine-American War is a little-known event and not properly chronicled, even in the Philippines itself. As such, AMIGO is a film that’s more than just entertainment—it can serve as a viable educational tool, one that can enlighten and edify Filipinos and Americans of all ages, from students to seniors, and in the process, bridge the understanding between two cultures and across generations, past and future. Shot in Bohol and already endorsed by the Department of Education in the Philippines, AMIGO opens on Friday, August 19th across major U.S cities.
The screening / Q&A will be followed by an exclusive VIP Reception featuring renowned Filipino acting legend Joel Torre (plays the lead role of "Rafael") and other special guests, to be held at Thai Dishes, Santa Monica (walking distance from the theater). Refreshments will be served. (VIP Reception available only to FilAm ARTS Benefit ticket holders.)
website / trailer: www.amigomovie.com
Joel Torre: www3.amigomovie.com/about-the-film/cast/joel-torre/
AMIGO is that rare important film, as it addresses the Philippine-American War in 1900, a long forgotten chapter in our history. Writer-director Sayles—who researched and read over a hundred books on this subject in various languages—acknowledged the reality that the Philippine-American War is a little-known event and not properly chronicled, even in the Philippines itself. As such, AMIGO is a film that’s more than just entertainment—it can serve as a viable educational tool, one that can enlighten and edify Filipinos and Americans of all ages, from students to seniors, and in the process, bridge the understanding between two cultures and across generations, past and future. Shot in Bohol and already endorsed by the Department of Education in the Philippines, AMIGO opens on Friday, August 19th across major U.S cities.
The screening / Q&A will be followed by an exclusive VIP Reception featuring renowned Filipino acting legend Joel Torre (plays the lead role of "Rafael") and other special guests, to be held at Thai Dishes, Santa Monica (walking distance from the theater). Refreshments will be served. (VIP Reception available only to FilAm ARTS Benefit ticket holders.)
website / trailer: www.amigomovie.com
Joel Torre: www3.amigomovie.com/about-the-film/cast/joel-torre/
FilAm ARTS: www.filamarts.org
About FPAC
FilAm ARTS traces its roots to the annual Festival of Philippine Arts and Culture (FPAC) - an annual series of multidisciplinary arts events that takes place in the County of Los Angeles that includes art exhibits, literary readings, performances, and film screenings, that all culminate in a two-day festival weekend. The first Festival was held in 1992 at Los Angeles City College, as a project developed by the City of Los Angeles, in efforts to heal the city through cultural gatherings, in light of the LA Riots which occurred in April of 1992. FPAC has since moved to Cabrillo Beach, and then to Point Fermin Park (its current location) and welcomes over 25,000 attendees, 1200 artists and 400 volunteers.
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