Miko Revereza
Still from Nowhere Near (2023), directed by Miko Revereza
Through the lenses of Miko Revereza—an undocumented Filipino immigrant in the US—this poetic essay film features their experience and disillusionment of their future in the country and the decision to return to an estranged homeland. Moving into fragmented streams of consciousness, Nowhere Near tracks down the origin of a family curse, retracing the generational harm of the post-9/11 era, the US occupation of the Philippines, and the spiritual conquest of the Spanish Empire. The film is considered a “psychogeographical journey” by Revereza, traveling through downtown Los Angeles to the American Midwest, and back to his familial home of Pangasinan, Philippines. Nowhere Near is a years-long diary toward understanding the root of their migration to the United States, though ultimately, this odyssey deviates far from the expected course.
Presented in English and Tagalog with English subtitles.
The program includes a pre-screening 10 minute sound performance, as well as post-screening talk with Miko Revereza, moderated by Jheanelle Brown.
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