With This Knowledge

With This Knowledge is a short documentary portraiture series on Mount Tamalpais College alumni and their post-incarcerated lives.

Sumit Lal and Sajad Shakoor are featured.

Reunion 99

a semi-personal film recorded on the 20th high school reunion year for Montgomery High School in south San Diego. Part of an omnibus film that premiered on opening night of the 20th San Diego Asian Film Festival.

passing grounds

passing grounds is the culmination of a 10-week road trip by filmmaker R.J. Lozada. Lozada traveled to close to 30 locations across the country, mostly alone. Lozada visited the sites of death of people of color who lost their lives at the hands of law enforcement, and the state, in 2014. Bypassing the traditional interview format of most documentaries, Lozada has created an atmospheric piece, a kind of mirror that reflects only what you see.

Laps

The San Quentin 1000 Mile Running Club is comprised of a mixed age, race, and ethnicity set of inmates at California's historical San Quentin State Prison. The men, who are serving time for anything from drug possession to first degree murder, find temporary solace in long distance running. They are coached by runner Franklin Ruona, who comes in from the outside and with a small set of other supportive running coaches, volunteer time to help these men train for their annual marathon. Laps is a film that captures a regular training day in the recreation yard.

a space on sixth and mission

a space on sixth and mission is a short observational documentary on the Bayanihan Community Center--a longtime institution vital to the Filipino and Filipin@ American community in San Francisco, and specifically the South of Market (SoMa). Screened at CAAMFest 2017

Mother’s Day

When Mother's Day means a trip to prison.

2017 Tribeca Film Festival 2017 Audience Award for Best Short Documentary

SF DocFest 2017 Best Documentary Short

Pacific Film Movement 2018 National Headliner Award Winner Second Place

2018 Curator's Choice Award, Wandering Reel Traveling Film Festival

2017 San Diego Asian Film Festival, Best Short Documentary

2017 New York Times Op Doc

2018 PBS POV National Broadcast

2018 Aeon Video

2017 Short of the Week

2018 Aspen ShortsFest

2018 Sarasota Film Festival

2018 Ashland Independent Film Festival

2018 Rooftop Films Summer Series

2017 New Orleans Film Festival

2017 Camden International Film Festival

2017 The DocYard

2017 Palm Springs ShortFest

2018 Big Sky Film Festival

2018 Human Rights Arts & Film Festival

2017 Walla Walla Movie Crush

2018 Reel Women UK

2017 Backyard Films 2017 15 Short Film Festival

Distance Between

Personal short film about fatherhood in the Filipino diaspora. Screening history: DisOrient Film Festival 2016 Best Short Documentary

San Diego Asian American Film Festival 2015 - Grand Jury Prize CAAMFest 2015

Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival 2015 Boston Asian Film Festival 2015