OAKLAND ILOKANA
Oakland Ilokana follows a 90-year-old Filipina American grandmother — one of the first Filipino children born in 1930s Oakland — as she reflects on a lifetime shaped by migration, community, and resilience. Her stories become a bridge across time and place, carrying the weight of a family’s legacy and revealing the untold histories of a community finding its place in America.
Seen through the lens of her granddaughter — a filmmaker tracing the threads of their shared past — four generations of Bay Area Filipinas come into focus. The film explores displacement, cultural inheritance, and the enduring power of memory to connect us across generations, across place, and across life itself.
Watch the film
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San Francisco
February 22 - 3PM
Community Arts Stabilization Fund (CAST) Building
Co-sponsored by Balay Kreative
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Oakland
October 4 - 3PM
Oakland Asian Cultural Center
Co-sponsored by the East Bay Community Foundation
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San Leandro
December 13 - 1PM
San Leandro Public Library
Co-sponsored by the City of San Leandro and the Arts, Culture & Library Commission
Fund Oakland Ilokana
We are relying on community funding to bring this independent film to life. Every bit goes a long way for our small and scrappy team!
Your support will add the final touches of professional coloring and sound design, helping us preserve vital narratives that tether us across generations, across place, and across life itself.
Gifts given through this website are not tax deductible. If you are interested in making a tax deductible donation through our fiscal sponsor Independent Arts & Media, please visit this link.
Partner with Us
Our team is seeking financial sponsorship and in-kind donations to support production and community screening events for Oakland Ilokana.
All donations are tax deductible through our 501(c)(3) fiscal sponsor.
Sponsors may be promoted across social media and print marketing materials, have their logo featured in the final film, and offered a speaking opportunity at the community screening event in Oakland.
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