PROGRAM 27

SATURDAY, MAY 1 | IN THE VALLEY OF LOVE AND BETRAYAL | 10:00 PM | DGA 2

IN THE VALLEY OF LOVE AND BETRAYAL TRT: 95 min.
Down somewhere on the street level is where you’ll find them — the one-time friends, misbehavin’ parents and children, squabbling friends, unfaithful spouses, and fated lovers. Their stories end in many ways, both blissful and bitter, yet it’s the journey, and the way in which it is told, that captures the attention and imagination.
– Abraham Ferrer

DATE: SATURDAY, MAY 1
TIME: 10:00 PM
VENUE: DGA 2
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THE DEBT (United States, 2009) Dir.: Andrew Oh When a successful attorney comes face to face with a figure from his dark past, their meeting leads to a fateful decision where the lines of right and wrong no longer exist. Video, 17 min., color, narrative

LUCKY LOTUS (United States, 2009) Dir.: Ken Ochiai Cong owns and operates Lucky Lotus–a successful hostess bar where men come for flirtatious conversation and company. Cong’s only daughter (Lien) is her most popular hostess, but Lien has become jaded by the flashy lifestyle that Cong has forged for her since leaving Vietnam. When Cong discovers that Lien plans to leave Lucky Lotus for a life in New York City, the two struggle over the limits of sacrifice and family. Video, 16 min., color, narrative

SPOUT (United States, 2009) Dir.: Alex Munoz A motherless young boy and his aunt react to his father’s dubious choices in women, all presumably in line to replace his mum. Video, 18 min., color, narrative

RECESSION LEMONS (United States, 2010) Dirs.: Kristina Wong, D’Lo Times are tough for these two performance artists Kristina Wong and D’Lo… so tough that they actually need to go get jobs… like… real jobs…. Watch as they find real inspiration from Santa Monica’s Christie Bickerstaff and Liz Pritchard (The Lemonade Girls) who got television press when they used their lemonade stand to network for their dream jobs. Kristina and D’Lo thought: Let’s turn our lemons into lemonade too! But of course, copy catting their innocent idea doesn’t quite pan out as panned. Video, 10 min., color, documentary

VICTOR YANG (United States, 2009) Dir.: Chris Hollstein Victor has lived a life of hard work and little reward. His days are an even routine of work and family with little room for play. But he has decided that his 40th birthday is going to be different.Victor Yang is a story about the modern world and how casually we are pulled apart by all of the forces of the world and how incrementally we slide into self-indulgence. Video, 18 min., color, narrative

WHEN LARA MET CHARLIE (United States, 2009) Dir.: Mark Arbitrario Actor C.S. Lee meets the girl of his dreams, but smooth folk musician, Big Phony, tries to steal her away. Video, 10 min., color, documentary