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Eliseo Art Silva, who co-designed the Historic Filipinotown Eastern Gateway arch in Los Angeles and has been credited for putting Los Angeles' Filipinotown on the map with his “Gintong Kasaysayan” mural, travels to Seattle to research and develop a new piece of art that links Filipino and Filipino-American history together in a four-panel mural on the wall of the newly-built Filipino Community Village. The film follows the painting of the mural, and speaks with student interns, community members who brought Eliseo to the Pacific Northwest, and the artist himself about the mural, the artistic process, and hopes for connecting cultures together through art.


Director - Loren A Roberts, Roberto San Luis


My [Roberts'] aim is to center marginalized voices with my work. So I focus my lens on people of color, women, LGBTQ+ -- anyone who sees the world differently than I do. When Roberto San Luis (a good friend, and a Filipino-American himself) came to me with the idea to follow Eliseo Art Silva as he created this amazing mural, I jumped at the chance. Eliseo did not disappoint. A singularly passionate man who thinks deeply about his art -- and his art's place in the world -- Eliseo truly embodies everything that I want to communicate through my filmmaking: engagement with culture, justice for marginalized peoples, education through art, etc. etc. I am grateful to Roberto for bringing me to this project, and grateful to Eliseo for allowing us to document his process for a short time.


  • Year
    2022
  • Runtime
    13 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    United States
  • Premiere
    Oregon
  • Director
    Loren A Roberts, Roberto San Luis
  • Producer
    Loren A Roberts
  • Cinematographer
    Loren A Roberts