Film Lab Presents the Isolation Edition
- Episode aired Sep 18, 2020
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Film Lab Presents Season Premiere Shines a Spotlight on Some Incredible Talent!
This fall I started watching the 13th season of the TV series Film Lab Presents on Friday nights and the episodes have been a blast for me quarantining at home. The series showcases a variety of Asian American stories of contemporary drama, comedy, and everything in between. Lots of Asian American faces in these contents!
This episode features five short films submitted to the 2020 72 Hour Shootout competition. Project White Noise directed by Pamela L Paek and Arthur Stanley Chong is a farcical examination on the Karen trend in our society nowadays. Where a group of Caucasian women who like to call cops on African Americans for daily activities and get uncomfortable near them due to subconscious and conscious biases. The film went beyond just Karenism and explored other types of similar attitudes such as performative activism. It reflects society's desire to have genuine support from the majority population in matters of racism and inequality.
Rajiv the Artist is a solo project created by Ellis Vizcarra about finding motivation in the midst of a global pandemic and shutdown. The audience sees Rajiv as he struggles to find the meaning of success as an artist. He monologues about whether going viral is the ultimate goal? And in the end, the audience witnessed him making that decision.
Jiangshi directed by Ralph Reyes is an amusing film about a cultural phenomenon, Chinese vampire. In Western societies, we often see vampires as pale skin and with sharp teeth, but Chinese vampires are culturally and aesthetically different. For example, Chinese vampires are defeated when you stick a yellow paper with spells written on it on its forehead. It is fascinating to see how the film, written by the Angsty Armadillos, incorporates that element about Chinese vampires and creates a funny and interesting story out of it.
This selection of works was amusing to watch and easily relatable in the time we are living in.
This episode features five short films submitted to the 2020 72 Hour Shootout competition. Project White Noise directed by Pamela L Paek and Arthur Stanley Chong is a farcical examination on the Karen trend in our society nowadays. Where a group of Caucasian women who like to call cops on African Americans for daily activities and get uncomfortable near them due to subconscious and conscious biases. The film went beyond just Karenism and explored other types of similar attitudes such as performative activism. It reflects society's desire to have genuine support from the majority population in matters of racism and inequality.
Rajiv the Artist is a solo project created by Ellis Vizcarra about finding motivation in the midst of a global pandemic and shutdown. The audience sees Rajiv as he struggles to find the meaning of success as an artist. He monologues about whether going viral is the ultimate goal? And in the end, the audience witnessed him making that decision.
Jiangshi directed by Ralph Reyes is an amusing film about a cultural phenomenon, Chinese vampire. In Western societies, we often see vampires as pale skin and with sharp teeth, but Chinese vampires are culturally and aesthetically different. For example, Chinese vampires are defeated when you stick a yellow paper with spells written on it on its forehead. It is fascinating to see how the film, written by the Angsty Armadillos, incorporates that element about Chinese vampires and creates a funny and interesting story out of it.
This selection of works was amusing to watch and easily relatable in the time we are living in.
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- Oct 31, 2020
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