Baon: Stories and Struggles of Filipino Migrants (Film Screening)

The premiere of Baon, a documentary featuring intimate conversations with Filipino migrants, each held over a special meal.
About this Event

Join us for the premiere of Baon: Stories and Struggles of Filipino Migrants, followed by a conversation featuring the filmmaker, Rachel Bundoc Lucero.

Baon (Tagalog, ‘food packed from home’) takes host and activist Rachel Lucero (The Sago Show) into the kitchen with migrant Filipinos in the San Francisco Bay Area to share meals that remind them of home. With each dish, Rachel hears each person’s experience struggling for change: from her mom’s memories running towards bullets to overthrow the corrupt Marcos dictatorship to workers protecting the rights and welfare of undocumented migrants. Learn more from Lucero in a special conversation following the screening.

Baon: Stories and Struggles of Filipino Migrants is supported by a grant from the San Francisco Arts Commission.

About the Participants

Rachel Bundoc Lucero is a Filipina American filmmaker, home cook, and community organizer based in San Francisco. Her online platform The Sago Show focuses on Filipino food, history, and activism. Rachel has appeared in university classrooms, as well as profiles by Taste Cooking, Tatler Asia, and The Filipino Channel. Rachel is a member of Malaya Movement San Francisco, an organization advocating for human rights, democracy, and national sovereignty in the Philippines.

is officially recognized by the City of San Francisco and State of California as the center and cultural hub for the thriving Filipino community, culture, arts and activism. SOMA Pilipinas’ mission to stop the displacement of Filipino residents and cultural institutions, raise our visibility through cultural celebration and public art, and advance racial equity in solidarity with other communities.