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Harana: the search for the lost art of serenade

Center for the Performing Arts (James Logan High School)
Union City, CA

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*This special screening will benefit the Itliong-Vera Cruz Coalition, whose efforts have led to the historic naming of a middle school after Larry Itliong and Philip Vera Cruz. For more info on the Coalition, please visit https://sites.google.com/a/nhusd.k12.ca.us/the-itliong-vera-cruz-coalition/

About the Film (by Florante Aguilar & Benito Bautista)

Upon his father's death, Florante, a classically trained guitarist returns to the Philippines after 12 years of absence. During his stay he rediscovers the music of harana - a long-forgotten tradition of Filipino serenading when men sang under the window at night to fearlessly declare their love for a woman.

Intent on unearthing these unheralded songs, Florante travels to the remote provinces where he discovers three of the last surviving practitioners - a farmer, a fisherman and a tricycle driver. Astounded by their golden voices, Florante asks them to travel with him to perform and record these unknown songs. During their travels, the haranistas meet Brian, a shy young man who for years has been secretly in love with a schoolmate. The haranistas, who have not serenaded in the last thirty years, offered their services to serenade Brian's object of affection, resulting in one of the most tender moments of genuine harana captured on film.

Word soon spread around Manila of leathery faced men whose style of untrained but sincere and expressive singing touch the hearts everywhere they performed, culminating in a series of triumphant live performances - from the small village to prestigious concert halls to recording the first authentic harana album in the last fifty years. But the question remains - can harana be restored to its former glory or is it doomed to vanish silently into the night forever?

official movie website: www.haranathemovie.com

Location

Center for the Performing Arts (James Logan High School)
1800 H Street
Union City, CA 94587
United States

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