“And… action!” It was early February 2023 in Savannah, Georgia, on the set of acclaimed filmmaker Ava DuVernay’s latest movie, Origin, based on Isabel Wilkerson’s book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents….
Veteran Austin filmmaker PJ Raval turns the lens on the Filipino American experience in Texas with his new documentary, “Who We Become,” now streaming on Netflix.
Recently, veteran Austin movie-maker PJ Raval has taken audiences into the worlds of a murdered transgender woman in the Philippines (“Call Her Ganda”); three senior gay men (“Before You Know It”); and a Chinese-American college student who turns into a charismatic anti-gun violence leader (“Come and Take It”).
When someone says that they are first generation, they generally mean that they moved to the States. But PJ Raval has a different way of looking at it.