Posted by skyeagle on October 29, 2001 at 08:34:38:
For Immediate Release
Contact: Sean Shodahl (415) 863 0814 x117
NAATA and PACE present a screening of
THE FLIP SIDE
November 8, 2001 at San Francisco State University
San Francisco- With the sell-out success of the THE FLIP SIDE at recent
film festivals, NAATA (National Asian American Telecommunications
Association) and PACE (Pilipino American Collegiate Endeavor) are proud to
present another opportunity to see the film THE FLIP SIDE, by director Rod
Pulido. THE FLIP SIDE will screen on November 8 at San Francisco State
University in the McKenna Theater at 7PM. Director Rod Pulido will attend
the screening.
Rod Pulido's feature film directorial debut, THE FLIP SIDE, is a
lighthearted and slightly skewed comic stew of cultural identity, sibling
rivalry and Filipino American family dysfunction starring Verwin
Gatpandan, Abe Pagtama (NO WAY OUT), and Ester Pulido (DIARY OF A GANGSTA
SUCKA). Summer is here and Darius Delacruz (Verwin Gatpandan) is on a
mission. This year he is going to get his family to embrace its Filipino
culture. Sporting a tribal loincloth, he spends his days encouraging his
kin to speak Tagalog. His family, of course, has other plans. Davis (Jose
Saenz), Darius' fast-talking brother, is deep into hip hop and trying to
perfect his dunkshot too bad he comes in way under the ten-foot NBA
basketball rim. Darius' scheming sister, Marivic (Ronalee Par), is totally
into her looks and sneaking out to spend time with her beau. All the
while, Lolo, Darius' war-vet grandpa, dreams of hitting it big in the
lottery and heading back to the Philippines.
General Admission for the screening is $6. NAATA members and group sale
tickets are $5. Advance will call sales available for 5 tickets or more:
call NAATA at 415-863-0814 ext. 217. For information, call PACE at
415-338-1918. Tickets will also be available at the door. Doors open at
5:30PM.
Since 1980, the National Asian American Telecommunications Association
(NAATA) has been at the forefront of bringing Asian Pacific American media
to the American public. The organization was formed to challenge the
historical exclusion of Asian Pacific Americans from the media field and
to counteract the distorted portrayals of Asians by mainstream press.
Started with seed funds from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting,
NAATA is one of the five Minority Consortia created to provide culturally
diverse programming for public television.