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The Truth In This Art: Stories That MatterJourney into 'Unseen': Set Hernandez's Feature at BlackStar Film FestivalMeet Set Hernandez, a filmmaker and community organizer who uses their platform to amplify the voices of the underrepresented. Set, a queer, undocumented immigrant with roots from Bicol, Philippines, shares their unique perspective on filmmaking and advocacy. They provide a behind-the-scenes look into their film, "Unseen," which will premiere at the BlackStar Film Festival in Philadelphia. In this episode:* Dive deep into Set's journey as a filmmaker and community activist, and how their personal experiences have shaped their work.* Understand their commitment to storytelling that expands the portrayal of underrepresented communities on screen. 2023-08-0444 min
Power & Community#17: Undocumented Immigrant Filmmaking feat. Set Hernandez RongkilyoSet Hernandez Rongkilyo talks to Art of Me hosts Chanda Bynum and Rose Gramajo about their upbringing and what fuels them to continue working on films that tell the stories of undocumented immigrants.About Set: Set Hernandez Rongkilyo is an undocumented immigrant filmmaker and community organizer, whose roots come from Bicol, Philippines. As part of the Disruptors Fellowship, Set is developing a TV pilot about the undocumented experience. They have directed/produced many short documentaries, including the award-winning “COVER/AGE” (2019) about healthcare expansion for undocumented immigrants. They served as Impact Producer for "In Plain Sight" (2020) by renowned artis...2021-03-1943 min
How do you like it so far?What's Making You Sappy Episode 7: Set Hernandez Rongkilyo2020 is finally coming to a close, and with it, also comes the year's final media recommendations from the How Do You Like It So Far team! Today's recommendations come from Set Hernandez Rongkilyo, an undocumented immigrant filmmaker and community organizer. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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“In Time” by Dylan Emmett and “Spaceship” by Lesion X.
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What's Up with Docs PodcastEpisode 14 - Set Hernandez Rongkilyo - “A Thousand More”In this episode, I speak with filmmaker and co-founder of the Undocumented Filmmakers Collective, Set Hernandez Rongkilyo. In our conversation, we discuss their filmography the ways undocumented filmmakers are demanding authorship and agency in the telling of their stories. Because Set is a very proud Pilipino/Bicolano, this week’s song is Love, Anthony, & Maya’s “A Thousand More” from the album Rock the Mic for Human Rights in the Philippines: Stop the Killings.2020-12-0556 min
Artists In Presidents: Transmissions to PowerMy Other Me- Fireside Chat # 2My Other Me, is a collective acknowledgement of a seamless kinship across the we. Composed of Zoe Blaq an artist, poet and urban gardner who teaches gardening as a form activism and healing, Set Hernandez Rongkilyo an undocumented immigrant filmmaker and community organizer who organizes around various migrant justice issues, King Jaybo a hip hop artist, fashion designer and community organizer working to dismantle the prison industrial complex and Gloria Galvez an artist, organizer, and amateur mycologist that maintains a practice of disrupting, subverting, and dismantling bland and oppressive status-quo norms. Artists-In-Presidents: Fireside Chats for 2020 will be released weekly via...2020-10-2607 min
How do you like it so far?The Undocumented Document Themselves with Set Hernandez RongkilyoThis week, from deep in the San Fernando Valley, we’re joined by filmmaker Set Hernandez Rongkilyo. A passionate storyteller from a young age, Set’s early love of Anime and desire to be an animator transitioned into becoming a passionate storyteller, through documentary film and now other forms as well. Set discusses their resistance to approaching documentary subjects from a supposedly neutral perspective, as well as the tropes of tragedy porn and binary narratives of the undocumented immigrant experience, and highlights some key influences and inspirations for the way they’ve worked differently in their film COVER/AGE and co...2020-10-081h 00
Artists In Presidents: Transmissions to PowerMy Other Me # 1My Other Me, is a collective acknowledgement of a seamless kinship across the we. Composed of Zoe Blaq an artist, poet and urban garner who teaches gardening as a form activism and healing, Set Hernandez Rongkilyo an undocumented immigrant filmmaker and community organizer who organizes around various migrant justice issues, King Jaybo a hip hop artist, fashion designer and community organizer working to dismantle the prison industrial complex and Gloria Galvez an artist, organizer, and amateur mycologist that maintains a practice of disrupting, subverting, and dismantling bland and oppressive status-quo norms.Artists-In-Presidents: Fireside Chats for 2020 will be released weekly via...2020-10-0205 min
Bad Feminists Making FilmsSpeaking My Truth: Organizing & Filmmaking in These TimesFilmmaker, organizer, and impact producer Set Hernandez Rongkilyo waxes lyrical about how to bring together the worlds of storytelling and organizing in the service of building movements. They share their journey of feeling like the only person without a social security number to being connected to an entire universe of undocumented superheroes fighting in the migrant justice movement. Set reflects on how film is a sharp weapon that can be wielded in toxic or healing ways, and the unique role of the impact producer to support directors and producers in shaping film into a powerful tool for organizing and...2019-03-1200 min