HOWE
HOWE PLUMBING, HEATING AND AIR ROSS. >> A SPECIAL EXHIBIT AT THE
BANITA MUSEUM AND CULTURAL ARTS
CENTER HAS INTRODUCING THE
HISTORY OF PHILIPPINE CINEMA TO
OUR COMMUNITY.
HIGHLIGHTING FILIPINO AMERICAN
STORIES CREATED BY OUR LOCAL
FILMMAKERS.
YOU'RE WATCHING SCENES HERE
FROM THE FILM THE INTERPRETER
AND WE ARE SO HAPPY JOINED THIS
AFTERNOON BY THE FILM'S
DIRECTOR BENITO BATTISTA AND
LOCAL ACTOR ERIC JOSHUA WHO
PLAYS THE ROLE OF A FILIPINO
JAPANESE INTERPRETER IN THE
FILM.
THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH FOR
JOINING US TO TALK ABOUT THESE
SENO QUINTO EXHIBITION.
ERIC, I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW I
WATCHED A CLIP OF THE INTERVIEW
OF THE TRAILER FROM THE
INTERPRETER AND I WANT TO KNOW
WHAT HAPPENS NOW.
AND I THINK LIKE A LOT OF
PEOPLE LIKE ME DURING THE
PANDEMIC ARE ALL SEARCHING FOR
NEW CREATIVE THINGS TO WATCH
BECAUSE WE KIND OF HAVE A LOT
MORE TIME THAN WE USED TO.
SO TELL US ABOUT THE FILM AND
HOW GREAT IT IS THAT EVEN
DURING A PANDEMIC YOU'RE ABLE
TO HAVE THE SPECIAL EXHIBIT.
WELL, TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT
HAPPENS YOU HAVE TO WAIT AND
SEE THE FILM.
>> YOU KNOW, DECEMBER 3RD BY
THE WAY ON AMAZON.
OK, NOW IT WAS AN AMAZING
EXPERIENCE.
WE'RE ALONGSIDE BANITA ABOUT
HIS SON THE INTERPRETER CREW
BEING PRESENT MYSELF AS A
FILIPINO AMERICAN FATHER BEING
FROM THE PHILIPPINES NAVY AND
THEN TO SAN DIEGO.
SO IT WAS IT WAS A GREAT THRILL
TO EXPRESS MYSELF.
I KNOW THERE HAS BEEN KIND OF A
LULL THOUGH IN FILMMAKING AND
SHOWCASING FILMS BECAUSE OF THE
PANDEMIC.
>> SO THE FACT THAT WE'RE ABLE
TO HAVE THIS EXHIBIT NOW HAS TO
BE SO WONDERFUL FOR YOU TO BE
INVOLVED AND STILL SHOWCASING
YOUR FILM.
>> SO DESPITE THERE BEING YOU
KNOW, THE TROUBLES THAT THE
PANDEMIC BRINGS ABOUT, WE'RE
STILL ABLE TO SHOWCASE THINGS
ONLINE AND ALSO IN PERSON OF
COURSE SOCIALLY DISTANCING WITH
A LIMITED AMOUNT OF PEOPLE TO
VIEW THE ACTUAL EXHIBIT.
SO WE'RE ABLE TO OVERCOME THOSE
THINGS AND HAVE PEOPLE FOLLOW
GUIDELINES SO THAT WE'RE ABLE
TO, YOU KNOW, EMBRACE ART,
CULTURE AND EVERYTHING.
>> I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL.
ANNA, BANITA, LET'S GO TO YOU
NOW.
YOU WERE ACTUALLY IN THE MUSEUM
AND YOU'VE GOT THIS BEAUTIFUL
TAPESTRY BEHIND YOU.
IT'S GORGEOUS.
TELL ME ABOUT THIS INSTALLATION
AND HOW PEOPLE CAN COME SEE
THIS IN A SOCIALLY SAFE WAY
DISTANCE AWAY.
>> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THANK
YOU FOR HAVING ME.
AND ERIC JOSHUA AND YOU KNOW
THIS INTERVIEW MARSELLA.
I'M NOW IN THE MUSEUM IN THE
BENEATH THE MUSEUM.
AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY VIEW THE
EXHIBITION THE QUANTO
EXHIBITION.
IF YOU REGISTER AND MAKE AN
APPOINTMENT WITH THE BANITA
MUSEUM AND I I THINK I TEXTED
YOU.
YEAH.
YOU. YEAH. I'M GOING TO SHARE A TELEPHONE
NUMBER IN THE THAT INFORMATION
JUST A MOMENT.
YES.
BUT TELL ME JUST TELL US ABOUT
THE SIGNIFICANT AND STRICT
GUIDELINES SOME MASS.
>> YES, ABSOLUTELY.
>> BUT TELL US ABOUT THE
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PATCHWORK
QUILT AND THE PROJECTION ONTO
IT AND WHAT THIS MEANS.
THE SYMBOLIZATION OF IT ALL.
>> WELL, THE SCENIC QUINTAL IS
FILIPINO STORIES IN FILM
EXHIBITION AND WE'RE EXHIBITING
LANDMARK FILMS AND ALSO
USHERING THE ATTENDEES THE
AUDIENCE TO TO DISCOVER YOUNGER
GENERATION FILIPINO AMERICAN
FILMMAKERS HERE IN SAN DIEGO.
SO THE LANDMARK FILMS ARE
ACTUALLY LICENSE PHOTOGRAPHS
FROM THE FILM THE PHILIPPINE
FILM INDUSTRY FROM THE 1960S
ALL THE WAY TO THE PRESENT AND
YOU ARE GOING TO ALSO SEE BIOS
OF MASTERS OF PHILIPPINE CINEMA
AND INSIDE THAT EXHIBITION WE
HAVE THAT DELANOE BELLA
COMMUNITY ART INSTALLATION.
THE TELENOVELA IS ACTUALLY
DERIVED FROM THAT.
I MEAN IT'S IT'S AT THE GALLIC
WORD WORD'S SAYING FABRIQUE
STORIES FABRIC.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL SYMBOL.
AND THEY ARE ACTUALLY DONATIONS
OF CLOTHING FROM THE FILIPINO
AMERICAN COMMUNITY.
SO CAN SAN DIEGO INCLUDING ERIC
JOSHUA AND HIS FAMILY.
>> WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
YES, WE'VE RUN OUT OF TIME BUT
WE WANT TO GIVE OUR VIEWERS A
WAY TO COME SEE THIS IN PERSON.
>> IT'S WONDERFUL ESPECIALLY
RIGHT NOW.
I THINK ALL OF US NEED A LITTLE
BIT OF AN ESCAPE AND TO WATCH
THESE CULTURALLY DIVERSE FILMS
AS WONDERFUL.
>> ERIC BATISTE, THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR BODY TO YOU SO MUCH
FOR JOINING US.
AND WE WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT
THE EXHIBIT CENA QUINTO
FILIPINO STORMS SOARING AS IT
FILM IS GOING TO RUN THROUGH
NOVEMBER 30TH.
>> BUT DUE TO THE PURPLE TIER,
OF COURSE THOSE PROTOCOLS WILL
BE STRICT THEN THE FILMS WILL
BE SCREENED ONLINE ONLY AN
OUTDOOR SOCIAL DISTANCING AT
THE BUNDEENA MUSEUM AND
CULTURAL CENTER IS LIMITED TO
40 ATTENDEES OR OH SO YOU MUST