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#1411 - LOCAL FILM NIGHT
Original Airdate: Fri, October 2, 2009 at 11pm
Three short films made right here in our community!
LIFE ON A LIMB (Dir. David Chai)
Irreconcilable enemies, a tree and a lumberjack, are stuck in a waiting room together. Will they end up burying the hatchet, or will they end up burying the hatchet?
Filmmaker Bio
David Chai is an independent animation director and an instructor of animation at San Jose State University. He has worked on a variety of projects ranging from educational software, animation for television and video, commercial advertising, to independent films. Commercials directed for Thunderbean Animation received the Gold Award for best animated television commercials at the Kalamazoo Animation Festival International 2005. To date, his independent films have screened in over ninety film festivals internationally. To learn more, visit the filmmaker's web site at www.houseofchai.net.
BY THE LIGHT OF LANTERNS (Dir. Hiromasa Konishi)
Among the residents and visitors of the Monterey Bay area, very few know of the vivid and multicultural history that has shaped the region. The story of the Chinese who pioneered commercial fishing and who made enormous contributions to the economy of the Monterey Bay in the last 1800"s and early 1900's is largely unknown and untold.
Geraldine Low Sabado, who is a direct descendant of the first Chinese fishermen, is one of the few left in the area who has a tie to these early immigrants. Now she is on a mission to learn about and make others aware of the amazing contributions her family and other Chinese made in shaping the Monterey Bay Area.
SERIOUS RADIO (Dir. Pete Liebengood)
Filmed in Malawi, Africa and in Northern California, "Serious Radio" is the inspirational story of a young Malawian's one-man campaign to halt the spread of HIV/AIDS in his country. Bayana Chunga produces and hosts a weekly half-hour program on the government radio station. Ironically, his only funding for his productions come from individuals in the Northern California town of Redwood City. Mr. Chunga has committed his life to uplifting a nation, all by himself.
Filmmaker Bio
Pete Liebengood is a former KRON-TV sports anchor/reporter and ESPN play-by-play announcer. He is the owner/operator of OnQCo Productions in Redwood City which produces documentary films and offers a training service for journalists at www.onqco.com.
