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Harana is back! The winner of the New Filipino Cinema 2013 Audience Award returns for these special screenings, held during the Pistahan festival in Yerba Buena Gardens. Don't miss this fascinating, beautiful documentary.
Upon his father's death, Florante Aguilar (a classically trained guitarist from San Francisco) returns to the Philippines after 12 years of absence. He rediscovers the music of harana—an almost-forgotten tradition of Filipino serenading, when men sang under the window at night to declare their love for a woman. Led by award-winning director Benito Bautista, this riveting film contains a treasure trove of beautiful Filipino music waiting to be rediscovered. Intent on preserving vanishing customs, the film rekindles a connection with the past before it is irrevocably lost. (2012, 104 min, DCP)
Fri, Aug 9, 7 PM; Sat-Sun, Aug 10-11, 1, 3, 5 & 7 PM • Screening Room
Regular: $10; Student, Senior, Teacher: $8; YBCA Members: $8; YBCA:You FREE
Producer Fides Enriquez in person at each 7 PM screening
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
701 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
