Film Festival Premiere: Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
Event Details
"I Am Chamorro" made its Los Angeles premiere at the prestigious Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival to a sold-out audience. The premiere screening was a landmark moment for Manhita Chamorro Inc., showcasing years of work documenting Chamorro history and culture.
The audience included Chamorro community members from across Southern California, film industry professionals, and supporters of indigenous media. The post-screening Q&A was deeply moving, with several audience members sharing personal stories of how the film resonated with their own experiences of cultural identity and colonial history.
The festival screening generated significant media attention and led to numerous requests for community screenings and educational distribution..