WHAT:
Manilatown Heritage Foundation August Calendar of Events
Chinese Senior Movie
Blood Brothers
August 19, Tuesday, 4-6PM
Inspired by John Woo's renowned Bullet in the Head, this highly stylized gangster film set in 1930s Shanghai follows three friends from a poor fishing village who travel to the big city in search of their fortune. What they find, however, is a seductive criminal underworld that tests their values and threatens to tear their friendship apart. Daniel Wu, Ye Liu and Tony Yang star.
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Filipino Senior Movie
Ispiritista
Aug 26, Tuesday, 4-6PM
Ispiritista:
Itay May Moomoo
A sudden widower, Victor (Vic Sotto) finds himself solely responsible for raising his son, Tom Tom (B.J. Forbes). To make money, he claims to be a medium who can speak with the dead and, for a price, soothe restless spirits. Tom Tom, however, discovers that he actually has the powers his father only pretends to possess. Will Victor be exposed as a fraud, or will Tom Tom help his lonely dad win the heart of the lovely, ghost-troubled Lalaine? ENGLISH SUBTITLES
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Manilatown CA Archival Project
The archive team is embarking on an Archive Identification Project. We are trying to identify the donors, photographers, individuals and signifance of photos within Manilatown's I-Hotel collection. We hope to gather information and insight from people who know the history of these photos. Look out for our table during upcoming community events.
For more info contact Ellen-Rae Cachola, Archival Coordinator @ ellenrae@manilatown.org
WHERE:
868 Kearny Street (& Jackson)
San Francisco, CA 94108