DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT:
It was truly love at first sight when I saw this story acted on stage in San Francisco. The story blew me away with its deceptive simplicity, and its outright manipulation of my tendency to pre-judge what I was seeing. “VDA Tape 96” got into my head – and my heart – and wouldn’t let go.
With the help of community-based filmmaker support group Scary Cow Productions, we mounted an all-volunteer cast & crew to share the film version with others.
I could not be more honored or more flattered to be part of this incredibly-talented team of creative individuals. We are all very passionate about this story, and hope that you will help us share it with others. Thank you! – Drew
BASED ON THE STAGE PLAY BY:
Emmanuel Romero cut his teeth in theater as a writer in Bindlestiff Studio, a Filipino-American community theater in San Francisco. Professionally, Emmanuel writes and produces multimedia focused on science and biology research.
CAST:
César Cadabes
Melvign Badiola
Vicky Nguyen
Jed Parsario
Rose Almario
CREW:
The film was written, produced and crewed entirely by volunteers from the San Francisco Bay Area
- Director Drew Stephens
- Written by Emmanuel Romero and Drew Stephens
- Cinematographer Samir Sinha
- Lighting Design / Gaffer Stan Ng
- Associate Producer Ilena Ferrer
- Associate Producer Emmanuel Romero
- Assistant Director Emmanuel Romero
- Assistant Director Wes Fisher
- Original Music Score Mitchell Covington
- Post-Production Drew Stephens
- Assistant Camera Ray Funtanilla
- Key Grip (Electric) Bill Spafford
- Location Sound Mixer Alisha McCutcheon
- Boom Operator Jeff Boron
- Script Supervisor Mano Chui Stephens
- Still Photographer Gary Rocchio
- Makeup Artist Terry Alabata
- Special Thanks To: Scary Cow Productions, Mid-Peninsula Community Media Center, Bakla Show – Bindlestiff Studios and René Astudillo