Filmmakers and Producers

Corinne Manabat Cueva

Corinne Manabat Cueva is a Filipina American independent media artist and filmmaker who creates thought-provoking and visually poetic media. Her most notable work, "Why We Rise" (2013), received the 2014 CAAMFest Loni Ding Award for Social Issue Documentary and was featured on the PBS Online Film Festival. Her other documentary shorts include "Keeping It
Creative" (2021), "Synchronized" (2020), "More Than Marination" (2012), and "Excuse My Gangsta Ways" (2008). Her works have been shown nationwide at film festivals, museums, and academia nationwide including Documentary Fortnight at MoMA NYC, Oakland International Film Festival, and the Association for Asian American Studies.

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Synchronized
Corinne Manabat Cueva
Producer: Corinne Manabat Cueva
2020, 6 min., Color, United States
SYNCHRONIZED is an experimental documentary short that embraces 5 women of color as they collectively reflect about their experiences living and thriving in Oakland. This will uncover their perspectives of what it means living in the Town, a city that’s ever-changing – from memories, dreams, home, a...

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