Dr. James Sobredo, associate professor of ethnic studies, Asian American Studies Program at California State University in Sacramento, joins an April 25 panel presentation titled, “100 Years of Challenging Asian American Media Representation” to present his research paper, “Filming Filipino Contract Workers.” Sobredo is the academic adviser for Under the American Sun.
The theme of the April 22 – 25, 2009 conference at the Waikiki Hilton Prince Kuhio is “Challenging Inequalities: Nations, Races and Communities.” To be discussed are political, economic and social inequalities among nations, races, and other communities and ways to foster equality, justice and fairness. An estimated 500 historians, scholars and community activists from throughout the United States are expected to attend this annual event.
The independently produced documentary film, Under the American Sun, will trace the epic post-World War II migration of Filipino laborers to Guam. The U.S. military recruited skilled laborers and professionals to help rebuild an island devastated by war, resulting in the initial 1946 influx of Filipinos to Guam. The recruitment process lasted for two decades, resulting in a migration of over 10,000 Filipino men and women to Guam.
Under the American Sun will be screened at the 25th annual Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival at 12:30 p.m., May 2, 2009 (Program 11), at Directors Guild of America Theater 3.
Camp Roxas Film Project Discussed
at Asian American Studies Conference
TAMUNING, Guam - The creative effort to document the stories of former residents of Camp Roxas in Agat through Under the American Sun, an independent film documentary currently in production, is the focus of a presentation at the 2009 Association for Asian American Studies annual meeting this weekend in Honolulu, Hawaii.
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