Reception & Films

Thursday, SEPTEMBER 7

7:00–9:30 pm

Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts
2868 Mission Street

Master of Ceremonies: Ian Williams
Teacher, stand-up comic and neighbor.

7:00–8:00 pm Reception & Music

Melody Yan plays the Guzheng (chinese harp), a traditional instrument with origins traced to ancient China. She is accompanied by Barry Despenza who specializes in playing the cajon, a South American drum.

8:00–8:30 pm Awards Presentation

“Best of Bernal,” “Spirit of Bernal” and “Emerging Filmmaker” awards

8:30 to 9:30 pm Films

BLACK WHITE & GREY
Kingmond Young
Drama 4:00
Two strangers crash into each other on the sidewalk. One of them beats the other unconscious because of a misunderstanding. The misunderstanding is soon corrected, sort of . . .

A HAPPY COYOTE
Janet Kesler Nature Documentary 3:29
A coyote channels Ralph Waldo Emerson: “It is a happy talent to know how to play.”

THE RIDE
Jeff Adachi & Jim Choi Documentary 15:00

SF Public Defender Jeff Adachi travels into the underbelly of the criminal injustice system when he takes on the case of Michael Smith, a young African-American man charged with assaulting police officers.

WHEN RABBIT LEFT THE MOON
EMIKO OMORI Video Poem 7:13

Words to describe the camp experience seem inadequate to me — either too many or not enough. This video poem is an attempt to express long buried feelings without words.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARIO WOODS
Mohammad Gorjestani
Documentary 6:00