As the Santa Ana winds whipped up Southern California and ignited wildfires that burned once thriving communities, Filipinos stepped up in their own small ways and embodied the Bayanihan spirit, attuned to the Angelenos’ strong sense of community, generosity and giving.
The film documentary “Faith Healers” follows the lives of immigrant Filipino doctors who cared and care for Americans navigating through a different culture and giving back to the homeland that needed them most.
Filipino artists must create opportunities to showcase Filipino culture and be represented in film and other creative endeavors in Hollywood, this was the consensus at the roundtable discussion “Breaking Into the Hollywood Industry“ at the Manila International Film Festival last March 4.
The nurse unseen, the invisible Filipino nurse, is woven into the fabric of our lives here in the United States and worldwide. She could be your grandmother, mother, auntie, friend or neighbor. He could also be your brother or cousin.