Film Screening _"All The Things I Leave You (PATAWID)"

The Council on Southeast Asia Studies (CSEAS) presents a screening of All The Things I Leave You (PATAWID), an Ilokano-language series that explores themes of love, memory, and identity. Set in the Ilocos region of the Philippines, the story follows two young men who uncover a long-buried romance while navigating their own emerging relationship. The narrative also gestures to the history of Ilokano sakadas, Filipino laborers recruited to work on sugar plantations in Hawaiʻi in the early 20th century, connecting local histories to broader conversations about migration and diaspora.

PATAWID has been screened at international festivals including NewFest LGBTQ+ Film Festival (USA), the Africa International Human Rights Film Festival (Nigeria), Tianjin International Academic Film Festival (China), Anticensura Film Festival (Argentina), Third Eye Asian Film Festival (India), Jaipur International Film Festival (India), and the DisOrient Asian American Film Festival of Oregon (USA), with upcoming screenings at the Hawaiʻi International Film Festival’s ʻŌpio Fest, Wailuku Film Festival, and Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival.

This event is sponsored by the Council on Southeast Asia Studies, the Center for the Study of Race, Indigeneity, and Transnational Migration, Belonging at Yale, and the Yale Peabody Museum.