The YOMYOMF Archives of Lauren Lola
Originally published on May 21, 2018 The Roxie Theater in San Francisco was sold out Saturday night with an anniversary screening/reunion of the quirky, Daly City-shot film, LUMPIA. With the casts of both the original film and its upcoming sequel, LUMPIA WITH A VENGEANCE, in attendance, this special presentation for CAAMFest 36 made for a …
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Originally published on May 19, 2018 Across the street from the Curran Theater in San Francisco on Thursday, playwright and Offender David Henry Hwang takes part in interviews in the theater’s office for his latest work, SOFT POWER. The collaboration with Jeanine Tesori had its world premiere in Los Angeles the night before, and a …
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Originally published on May 16, 2018 The Weeknd, Daft Punk, and A Tribe Called Quest all have something in common (other than profession): They have all collaborated with music video director Warren Fu on creating visual stories to go along with some of their greatest hits. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5uQMwRMHcs&feature=youtu.be Fu broke it down and talked about how …
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Originally published on May 12,2018 Approximately eight hours before the screening at CAAMFest 36 (and second showing in San Francisco in general), Alexandra “Allie” Cuerdo, director of the documentary ULAM: MAIN DISH, shared her hopes that the audience will engage in conversations about it. “I’m hoping that people talk about it,” she stated. “I’m hoping …
Continue reading "Short Shoots, Long Takes: The Making of ULAM"
Hi everyone! If you've been following along with the re-releases of my content from YOMYOMF the past six months, then you may have noticed a few interviews I had done with various filmmakers from my coverage of CAAMFest 36. For this week, the remainder of the interviews I did will be re-released. -Lauren
Originally published on May 22, 2018 “Go for broke” is a phrase in Hawaiian Pidgin that means “to wager everything.” The phrase became the motto for the 442nd Infantry Regiment; the most decorated unit in the United States Army comprised almost entirely of Japanese Americans. The story of how it got started is the core …
BITTER MELON has been in the works for the past two decades; beginning with a script Mendoza wrote back in 1997. However, having gone through similar experiences as portrayed in the film, he believes that it’s because he was still processing it all at the time that he wasn’t ready to properly tackle the story just yet.
Drifting Back Around 