Amigo Film Screening with Director John Sayles. Click to enlarge flyer.
Rasmuson Theater
National Museum of the American Indian
4th and Independence Ave, SW
Washington, DC 20560
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Metro: L’Enfant Plaza
Film Run Time: 124 minutes
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Free and open to the public.
To commemorate Filipino American History Month, the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program presents a screening of the film Amigo and a conversation with the director: the critically acclaimed and Oscar-nominated John Sayles.
Amigo, the 17th feature film from Sayles, provides an optic on the easily forgotten history of the Philippine-American War, a short lived but brutal war that claimed the lives of about 4,000 Americans and between 200,000 to 600,000 Filipinos. Amigo stars legendary Filipino actor Joel Torre as Rafael, a village mayor caught in the crossfire of the war, and Academy-Award winner, Chris Cooper, as U.S. Colonel Hardacre. Filipino American scholar Theo Gonzalves, a professor of American Studies at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will moderate the conversation with Sayles.
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Discussion moderator Theo Gonzalves and director of "Amigo," John Sayles.
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Glad to hear Smithsonian is sponsoring.
Got to hear John Sayles talk about the movie and other things, also got his autograph. Unfortunately the movie kept on breaking down and I was worried about catching the metro back to my auto so I didn’t get a chance to see the movie. Luckily a small movie theater in Wilmington, DE close to my home is playing it all weekend so I’ll get another chance.
Hi Ira – we apologize for the inconvenience and hope you’ll be able to catch the film this weekend. The technical issues arose due to construction near the building which cut off power to the audio speakers. We were able to reconfigure it after the Q&A session with John Sayles and resumed the film. Feel free to sign up to our email list to see what else we have in store! http://apa.us2.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=5e9bfd3a72f7238898859a330&id=254d4224c9
i haven’t seen this..i’d like to watch this.
I’m so glad that Smithsonian is sponsoring this and celebrating Filipino American History Month!
Many Americans do not even know that the Philippines was once a Commonwealth of the United States. Kudos for the Philippine Embassy and the Smithsonian for sponsoring this. My great grandfather was El Presidente – of Donsol, Sorsogon. He was Don Rodrigo Abitria. You can google his name and you will find some historical documents about him in the 1900′s
As a student of Filipino history and a fan of John Sayes I’ve been waiting to see this movie. I thought I was going to be able to see it this summer but it was only shown at theaters where there was a large Filipino community, which doesn’t include Delaware. “Can’t wait!”
Ira, I’m also a student of Filipino history, I specialize in the years 1898-1946. Is it possible that we are also related? Are you related to Ira Day Coover of Mechanicsburg PA? He would have been your great great grandfather, or uncle.