Eseel Borlasa

In March of 1965 there was a civil rights march that included Martin Luther King Jr. and a young 21-year-old Japanese American activist. This march has been forgotten by time.

As Cambodia Town members face displacement threats, the Cambodia Town Thrives collaborative is formed to create a better future for their community.

A conversational exploration of inner child work through the lens of grief, love, and community.

Over a FaceTime call during the Covid-19 pandemic, a grandfather teaches his three granddaughters how to make jook.

Ronnie, a middle aged Filipino father, moonlights nightly as a rideshare driver. What begins as a regular shift leads to the most awkward of passengers: his college-aged son Josh and his drunk friend. As the ride progresses, Ronnie and Josh’s emotional baggage emerges.

Recovering from an ill-fated affair with a married man, Gabe finds solace in the relationship he maintains with his ex-wife and daughter. On the other side of town, Ernesto evades life at home with his current live-in ex-boyfriend by spending much of his spare time in the hospital with an ailing past love. Impervious to the monotony of their blue-collar world, they maintain an unwavering yearning for romance. The emotional isolation the two men have grown accustomed to is captured in a subtle, optimistic, poetic fashion while avoiding melodrama.