PREMIERE DESIGNATION
New England
SYNOPSIS
Adulteress, traitor, heroine, or prey? In 1932, Celine Navarro was buried alive by her Filipino community in Northern California. This film digs up her story. The filmmaker, a grieving mother with a long-term commitment to exploring race, gender and immigration, exhumes Celine Navarro’s story, exposing silences that haunt Filipin@x American communities today, along with Celine Navarro’s family, community members and scholars who know different details about this largely untold event in American history.
SCREENING INFORMATION
Date: Wednesday, August 25
Time: 11:30am
Location: Town Hall Theater
CREDITS
Director: Celine Parreñas Shimizu
Writer: Celine Parreñas Shimizuu
Producers: Celine Parreñas Shimizu, Dan Parreñas Shimizu, Rhacel Salazar Parrenas
FILM INFORMATION
Genre: Documentary
Length: 69m
Location: United States
Language: English