Art and Activism panel at Manilatown

25Mar10

Thank you to SF Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines for showing “Under One Sky” the documentary that humanizes the victims of the Maguindanao massacre, a politically motivated tragedy in which 34 journalists plus 23 more people including family members of a rival mayoral canidate were killed. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called the Maguindanao massacre the single deadliest event for journalists in history. Andal Ampatuan, Jr. the incumbent mayor was charged with 25 counts of murder. He was a favorite of the Gloria Macapagal Arroyo administration.

The documentary will be followed by an art and activism panel with me, musician Paul Bolick-Mausisa also of Diskarte Namin, filmmaker RJ Lozano and graphic artist Mike Luat moderated by TJ Basa.