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"Self Absorbed" in San Francisco

I've heard about the SF Asian Film Festival for the longest time but have never gone to see a film. I guess I just took advantage of the fact that because I live here, there's always next year, yada, yada yada. The truth is that I'm too busy with my own life to care what else is happening outside my perfect shiny bubble (movie title hint). I kid. I kid. Now where's my dam mirror???

That changed Friday when my friend invited me to hang out with some filmmaker friends to see their comedy premier, "Self Absorbed"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3459B5wDuZI at Sundance Cinemas (former Kabuki Theater) in Japantown, San Francisco. The plot is based on a story about a secret group of people with special powers. A smooth talking, silver coated bagel monger and a petite, energetic blue mop (say whaaaat?) are not your typical superheroes. Marvel are ya paying attention?

The whimsical and light piece is one of the many works featured in the 94 minute short program series: "MixTape4 the MSG Addict", a think out of the box, no labels category. More than a dozen films from Canada, Korea to the SF Bay Area made their debut to a laughing, intrigued, and scared audience. I enjoyed the ride so much I produced a video review of the night (see below).

I'm glad I went. Was also great to see an energy and spark of talent amongst the Asian community, particularly women. Yasmine Gomez, Co-Director of "Self Absorbed", and another woman were the only female directors present at the QA session after the screening. That's a very good thing.

I'm going to see "Fruit Fly" this Friday in Berkeley. It's a musical set in San Francisco about a Filipino woman raised by a Caucasian family looking for her birth parents. This is H.P. Mendoza's directorial debut. He composed and starred in "Colma: The Musical". Yes, you read that correctly. Colma, the town of cemeteries galore.


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Matthew Bamberg said…
SF native, that's unusual; interesting blog.

Matt, author of http://www.amazon.com/Greatest-Photo-Opportunities-San-Francisco/dp/1598638009
March 17, 2009 at 5:01 PM
Dyna said…
Matt,
Thanks. Glad my blog caught an accomplished author and professional photographer's eye!
March 18, 2009 at 2:35 PM
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