Immigration Film Fest - Faith Healers

Faith Healers [with featured short: The Healing Circle]

Healing—whether in regard to emotional or physical trauma and pain—is an important driver in every person's life when seeking a peaceful and healthy life. FAITH HEALERS is a powerful documentary about the little known history of Filipino doctors in the United States, featuring local DMV physician Dr. Zorayda M. Lee-Llacer, MD. The short documentary film, The Healing Circle, will open the screening with the intimate stories of Cambodian women who use storytelling, art, and music on their healing journeys as genocide survivors rebuilding their lives in Chicago.

Following the screening, we'll hear from the director of The Healing Circle, Thavary Krouch, and Faith Healers, Regina Aquino.

Faith Healers:

Documentary
Feature-length Films
Local DMV
Asia

FAITH HEALERS is about the untold history of Filipino doctors who left their homeland to care for the health of the United States. For Dr. Zorayda Lee-Llacer, medicine wasn’t simply a profession, it was a purpose and migration was a leap of faith toward an unknown, hopeful future. By exploring the unique and complicated colonial history between the USA and the Philippines, witness the enormity of the challenges and achievements of the Filipino Americans who created a vibrant new community just outside the nation's capital in Prince George’s County, MD. From immigration in the 1960’s to 2nd generation growing pains, its an exemplary story of sacrifice and service by a people that are too often erased from the American narrative. At its heart, FAITH HEALERS is about Filipino KAPWA - our shared humanity - and the importance of honoring our history, celebrating our culture, and telling our own story.

The Healing Circle:

Documentary
Short Films
Asia
History

"The Healing Circle" is an intimate and visually experimental short documentary that celebrates the resilience of Cambodian women through the healing power of storytelling, art, and music. Centering on Celina Chin, Saroth Loeuk, and Pich Houy, the film follows their remarkable journeys from childhoods in Cambodia to surviving the Cambodian Genocide, seeking refuge in the United States, and rebuilding their lives in Chicago.

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