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Pandemic Bread

Directed by Zeinabu Davis
2023 00:22
Scripted Short Film Festivals Distribution

PANDEMIC BREAD is a story of resilience and hope told through the eyes of a Filipina interpreter who bakes bread during an end-of-life call with a doctor and an elderly woman diagnosed with COVID-19 in her quarantined hospital room.

  • ABOUT
  • BIO
  • SCREENINGS
  • CREDITS
  • GALLERY

Genre

Black Coming of Age Dance Disabilities Documentary Drama Experimental Family LGBTQ+ People of Color Romance Social Justice Youth True Story Women Comedy

Synopsis

PANDEMIC BREAD is a short dramatic film about a Filipina interpreter taking an end-of-life call with a doctor and an elderly woman diagnosed with COVID in her quarantined hospital room. This is a story of resilience, agency, and hope told through the eyes of the interpreter who bakes bread during the call. The film involves a unique collaboration with San Diego Filipino community, UCSD students, and film professionals. By coming together to creatively express COVID-related experiences, this film offers an artistic vehicle of catharsis to aid in collective healing.

Bio

I am passionate about creating media representations of women and specifically women of African heritage. My mission as a creative/professional right now is to leave a legacy of work for other women, especially women media artists, to view and hopefully be inspired by. I have always been interested in and passionate about history. My career is not only in one specific form of media making. I have been resourceful enough to have done documentary, narrative and experimental films. The subject matter is the most important vehicle for my development in media production, and I have a track record that proves that I try to bend form as much as possible.

Screening History

World Premiere - Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival 2023

San Diego Asian Film Festival 2023

Blackstar Film Festival 2023

Credits

Filipina Interpreter - Princess Punzalan

Cinematographer - Norbert Shieh

Co-Screenwriter - Marivi Soliven

Gallery

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