Opening Film: Nurse Unseen
Directed by Michele Rae Josue- United States
- English, Tagalog
- 92 mins
- San Diego premiere
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shareThere will be a pre-reception at 5pm at The Lot Restaurant patio before the screening begins. Please present your tickets to enter the reception.
Filmmaker Michele Josue and producers Carlo Velayo and Jhett Tolentino will be present for the Q&A session after the screening. Q&A moderator is Evelyn Leano, former president of Silayan Filipina National Organization.
Theater doors open at 6:30pm, and screening starts at 7pm.
NURSE UNSEEN explores the little-known history and humanity of the unsung Filipino nurses risking their lives on the frontlines while facing a resurgence of anti-Asian hate in the streets. The film unearths the colonial ties between the Philippines and the United States that has led to Filipino nurses becoming the unknown backbone of the U.S. and global healthcare systems.
Michele Josue is an Emmy award-winning Filipinx filmmaker based in Los Angeles. Her critically acclaimed feature-film debut MATT SHEPARD IS A FRIEND OF MINE is the winner of 10 Best Documentary and Audience Choice Awards from festivals worldwide and boasts a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The film won the 2016 Daytime Emmy Award for “Outstanding Special Class Special.” Michele is the Executive Producer, Director, and Lead Editor of HAPPY JAIL, the award-winning Netflix Original documentary series about the Filipino jail that is home to the world-famous “Dancing Inmates.”
Michele was selected for the prestigious International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam’s World Documentary Exchange filmmaker program in 2013 and has received The Reel Affirmations’ Keith Clark & Barry Becker Filmmaker Award. Michele has traveled around the globe as a guest speaker for various schools, universities, organizations and government agencies and has served as a juror and panelist at several film festivals.
Michele is currently in post-production on a new feature documentary entitled “Nurse Unseen,” which explores the little-known history and humanity of the unsung Filipino nurses risking their lives on the frontlines of the pandemic. This personal documentary unearths the colonial ties between the Philippines and the United States that have led to Filipino-American nurses becoming the unsung backbone of the United States healthcare system.
