BULOSAN: ON AMERICAN DEMOCRACY, Part 3

Logline: A defense of American democracy against worldwide fascism & domestic racism on words by Carlos Bulosan as hybrid dramatic music video & documentary.
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A montage music video for Part 3 of Bulosan: On American Democracy for Narrator, Wind Symphony, and Fixed Media (2021, rev. 2023). Completed in March 2025.

***Winner of OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTARY FILM***
2025 TRILLVISION Winter Drop Film Festival (Los Angeles, CA, USA)
2026 American Motion Pictures Festival (Atlanta, Georgia, USA)

***Winner of BEST MUSIC VIDEO***
2025 SacFilmChallenge Music & Film Festival (Sacramento, California, USA)
2025 Cinema Royale Film Festival: Paris Edition (France)
2025 London Vision Film Festival (England, UK)
2025 Tripville Global Online Cinefest (India)
2025 Boden International Film Festival (Sweden)
2026 Texas Documentary Film Festival (Austin, Texas, USA)
2026 Nyack International Film Festival (Nyack, New York, USA)

***Winner of BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM***
2026 Florence Film Awards (Italy)
2026 Asian Independent Film Festival (India)
2026 Milan Gold Awards (Italy)

***Winner of the Crisostomo Ibarra Award for BEST SCREENWRITING***
2025 Las Vegas Filipino Short Film Festival (Las Vegas, Nevada, USA)

***Winner of BEST AMERICAN FILM***
2026 Golden Bridge İstanbul Short Film Festival (Turkey)

***Winner of the Harmonia Award for BEST SOUNDTRACK***
2026 Selene International Short Film Festival, Lumen Edition (Greece)

***Winner of BEST EDUCATIONAL FILM***
2025 Crown Wood International Film Festival (India)
2026 Bangkok Movie Awards (Thailand)

***Winner of the AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD***
2025 Lift-Off Global Network / First-Time Filmmaker Sessions, Volume 11 (England, UK)

Bulosan: On American Democracy draws inspiration from selected excerpts from two important literary works written by the Filipino-American labor activist and writer, Carlos Bulosan (1913-1956), who was based in California and Washington State in the 1930s and 40s. In both his semi-autobiographical novel, America is in the Heart (1946), and the essay, “Freedom from Want” (1943), the author wrote on themes about the preservation of American democracy at a time when it was under threat by the rise of Fascism in Western Europe, Authoritarian Communism in the Soviet Union, and rampant racism at home.

Bulosan: On American Democracy won 1st place in the 2023 American Prize for Wind Ensemble Composition, University-Level division, as well as 2nd place among Social Justice-related content compositions. It is included in ABLAZE Records' Wind Orchestra Masters, Vol. 1 album, released in Summer 2024.
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N.B. For the version containing Spanish subtitles, go to: https://filmfreeway.com/BULOSAN_Spanish_Subtitles
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The complete 25-minute commercial audio recording by ABLAZE RECORDS is free for streaming:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WivV6w3OoI8
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The PDF copy of the full musical score is free and may be downloaded at the composer website, along with a short analysis of the musical symbolism.
https://andresrluz.weebly.com/bulosan-project.html