Bridging Our Stories
“Filipina-Alaskan dance teacher becomes the space her community needs.”
2026•NR•24m•Released
Documentary
When the last Filipino community center in Ketchikan, Alaska, becomes a memory, a 50-year-old Filipina who spent her life resisting her heritage travels to the Philippines to rediscover her roots, preserving her community’s disappearing culture, and teaching indigenous Filipino dances.
Director
Rafael Bitanga
Writer
Rafael Bitanga, Diana Diroy
Studio
Bitanga Productions
Production
Company
Bitanga Productions
Producer
Lailanie Gadia
Producer
Rafael Bitanga
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