All That Glitters is Bronze

“All That Glitters Is Bronze” is a love letter to the Philippine tradition of Kulintang, which was once nearly wiped out by colonization. Around the Bay Area in California, a local band called Kulintang Dialect is keeping the tradition alive. This short documentary offers a glimpse of the cosmos through clips of performances interspersed with interviews from the band.

Jinji is a Cebuana Filipina-American filmmaker based in the Bay Area, California. Her many passions include playing piano and percussion, as well as performing Kulintang music, writing essays, poetry, cultural critiques and activism.

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Shorts Program IV: DIASPORA