OAKLAND ILOKANA
Oakland Ilokana follows a Filipina American filmmaker as she embarks on a personal journey to understand her maternal legacy. Guided by the stories of her aging grandmother – one of the first Filipino children born in 1930s Oakland – the film weaves together legacy, ancestral memory, and the search for connection.
Through four generations of Bay Area Filipinas, the film weaves personal narrative with broader themes of displacement, resilience, and cultural inheritance. It explores what it means to remember and carry forward stories that are often left untold.
Oakland Ilokana speaks to universal stories of migration, survival, and the invisible threads that tether 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
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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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.
