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Damon Cardasis' 'Saturday Church'; Sundance 2018; rapper Ruby Ibarra
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Episode 17655
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Damon Cardasis' 'Saturday Church'; Sundance 2018; rapper Ruby Ibarra

"Saturday Church" is a coming-of-age film inspired by LGBTQ teens who Cardasis met at his mother's church; Sundance organizers are taking steps to protect festival attendees from inappropriate behavior; Ruby Ibarra draws from her Filipino-American roots.

A scene from Damon Cardasis' "Saturday Church."
A scene from Damon Cardasis' "Saturday Church."
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"Saturday Church" is a coming-of-age film inspired by LGBTQ teens who Cardasis met at his mother's church; Sundance organizers are taking steps to protect festival attendees from inappropriate behavior; Ruby Ibarra draws from her Filipino-American roots.

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Born in the Philippines and raised in the Bay Area, Ruby Ibarra uses hip-hop to speak on her experiences as an immigrant and a brown woman.
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In his directorial debut, the filmmaker juxtaposes Christianity and LGBTQ counter cultures in a teen's coming-of-age story.