PDUB Productions

Today, KPFK’s radio show, Experience Talks, hosted by Connie Corley, aired an interview about the PDUB Harana Project. Public Matters Creative Director, Reanne Estrada, PDUB student, Xochilt Sanchez, Silver Lake Adult Day Health Care Center Program Director, Mila Anguluan-Coger, and Harana Mentor, Pedro Estrada, discussed how community members are working to reshape the way people experience […]

On Saturday, March 27th, 2010, the Silver Lake Adult Day Health Care Center on Temple Street was filled with the romantic melodies of the traditional Filipino haranas or serenades. PDUB Youth and Elders from The Silver Lake Adult Day Health Care Center, dressed in traditional Filipino finery, put on a spirited performance for “Celebrating Our […]

Public Matters intern + photographer extraordinaire Ingrid Cruz dropped by to shoot our haranistas during the dress rehearsal for the March 27th performance.

Every Tuesday and Thursday, our haranistas (experienced and budding) met at the Silver Lake Adult Day Health Care Center. Here they are hard at work, learning and rehearsing haranas and exchanging stories.

Check out these snaps of our SLADHCC haranistas from our resident PDUB paparazzi, John ”Jolo” Gonzalez + Nancy Hernandez: left to right: Ronald Tulabut, Greg Albarillo, Thena Borgonia. (left to right) top left: Nestor Agudo; top right ((left to right): Annie Cabrera, Rosalina Gatila, Erlinda Arcebal; bottom left: Erlinda Arcebal; bottom right: Annie Cabrera + […]

PDUB Youth travel back to a simpler time, courtesy of the stories and musical expertise of elders from the Silver Lake Adult Day Health Care Center (SLADHCC). With generous funding from The Alliance of California Traditional Arts (ACTA), the PDUB Harana Project engages local youth and elders in the process of cultural transmission, using music […]

PDUB Youth prep to interview each other. PDUB Youth interviews, behind + in front of the camera.

Historic Filipinotown’s Filipino and Latino cultures collide in this over-the-top take on the telenovela genre, presented in Spanglish (Spanish + English). Conceived, performed and produced by PDUB Youth. Check out these cast photos. Video forthcoming.

PDUB’s Xochilt Sanchez (left) gets way more cultural education than she bargained for when she accepts Mika’s  (right) invitation to her Lolo’s (grandfather) birthday party. Check out the cast of characters! top left: Jerico and Jolo fresh from make-up; top right: Manok (“Lola”) and Jolo (“Lolo”) settle their differences; bottom: Setting up Xochilt’s entrance. The […]

The culminating events for the first year of Pdub Productions, the collaborative digital media project exploring L.A.’s Historic Filipinotown between the Pilipino Workers Center, Public Matters, UCLA Remap and HyperCities were a resounding success. A steady crowd showed up, even on a 95 degree L.A. day. The day was action packed, highlighted by the debut […]