Non-Fiction
WHO WE BECOME
WHO WE BECOME
Kapwa, a Filipino term that means “togetherness” or “neighbor”, is a recognition of a shared identity; an inner self that is shared with others. WHO WE BECOME is a story of kapwa and follows three Filipino women each coming into their political consciousness and discovering themselves during a pivotal moment in their lives.
a film by PJ Raval
CALL HER GANDA
CALL HER GANDA
NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE: http://bit.ly/CHG_BGP
CALL HER GANDA follows the brutal murder case of Filipino transgender woman Jennifer Laude by a U.S. Marine, and the obstacles faced in the pursuit of justice by three women intimately invested in the case. An activist attorney (Virgie Suarez), a transgender journalist (Meredith Talusan) and Jennifer’s mother (Julita “Nanay” Laude) galvanize a political uprising, seeking justice and taking on hardened histories of U.S. imperialism in the Philippines.
a film by PJ Raval
TAKE ACTION: http://CallHerGanda.com
You can find us on:
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/CallHerGanda
Twitter: http://twitter.com/callherganda
Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/CallHerGanda/
#Justice4Jennifer #CallHerGanda #IAmJenniferLaude #WontBeErased #TransLivesMatter
BEFORE YOU KNOW IT (theatrical trailer)
BEFORE YOU KNOW IT (theatrical trailer)
BEFORE YOU KNOW IT
a film by PJ Raval
“A CRUCIAL NEW ADDITION TO THE LGBT DOC CANON”
INDIEWIRE
“EXEMPLARY …A DOCUMENTARY THAT SUCCESSFULLY PUTS HUMAN FACES ON WIDER ISSUES”
SLANT MAGAZINE
SXSW World Premiere 2013
Now available on iTunes:
itunes.apple.com/us/movie/before-you-know-it/id957555574
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COME & TAKE IT
COME & TAKE IT
ComeAndTakeItDoc.com
a film by Ellen Spiro & PJ Raval
This short documentary film captures the transformation of a young woman to leadership of America’s most inspired anti-gun violence movement called #CocksNotGlocks. After concealed carry of handguns is legalized on the University of Texas campus, Jessica Jin posts clever humor on social media, and with the help of a tight-knit group of young female students, a movement is born: The Great Texas Dildo Revolt.
-Audience Award Best Short Documentary New Orleans Film Festival 2018
-Audience Award Best Short Documentary Sidewalk Film Festival 2018
-Best Short Documentary Grandy Jury Prize Houston Asian American Film Festival 2019
Now available at Grasshopper Film
Sugar Pie DeSanto
Sugar Pie DeSanto
In the 1950s Sugar Pie DeSanto and Etta James grew up in a racially mixed neighborhood of San Francisco, where they created musical friendships that changed the direction of R&B.
PJ Raval — Director/Producer
Victoria Chalk – Editor
Renee Tajima-Pena — Executive Producer
Jeff Chang — Executive Producer
For more solidarity stories: SeeUsUnite.org/unite
Stories Within
Stories Within
Stories Within is a community-led and created project from Austin, TX created in the aftermath of the March 2021 Georgia Asian Spa Shootings and during a heightened time of the pandemic-related rise in hate crimes against Asians.
Fiction
SLACKER 2011 “RANTINGS”
SLACKER 2011 “RANTINGS”
RANTINGS segment from the feature SLACKER 2011
Directed by PJ Raval
Produced by Jessie Dorfman
Cinematographer: Drew Xanthopoulos
Editor: Gabriel Fleming
Production Designer: Caroline Karlen
Starring: Mutsuko Myslinski, Atsuko Parker, & Paul Soileau as the Ranter
Featuring: Jessica Olsen, Elizabeth Brammer & Dave Mikol
CHRISTEENE
CHRISTEENE Aktion Toilet
CHRISTEENE “African Mayonnaise”
CHRISTEENE “African Mayonnaise”
In “African Mayonnaise”, the 6th installment of the CHRISTEENE Video Collection, Celebrity gets Fucked.
Directed & Produced by PJ Raval
Starring: CHRISTEENE
Back Up Boyz: T-Gravel & C-Baby
Featuring JJ BOOYA
Editor: Victoria Chalk
Camera: Allen Ho, Drew Xanthopoulos, Otis Ike, Ivete Lucas
Colorist: Avram Dodson
Additional footage:
Curran Nault
Morgan Coy
Jessie Dorfman
Amber Shields
Niki Nash
Steven Lachin
Jason Henderson
Chelsey Contillo
Joe Stacey
Roy Hernaandez
Lisa Harr
Angel Trevino
Monique Walton
Ishrat Kundawala
Anand Modi
Brad Namken
Douglas Bigham
Heather Barfield
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CHRISTEENE TSSP
CHRISTEENE TSSP
Get T.S.S.P. the single: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/bas…
In T.S.S.P., the 11th installment of the CHRISTEENE Video Collection, CHRISTEENE Turns, Stares, Shakes and Poses through Toronto performance collective HOTNUTS’ mega-dosed acid ass cracked world in search of the one thing she really needs. Tha’ Dick.
Directed by PJ Raval
Graphics and animation by Stephen Fishman
Costumes and makeup by HOTNUTS
For US/Euro tour dates: http://christeenemusic.com/calendar/
Booking: matt@bearracuda.com
Follow CHRISTEENE at:
Official website: http://christeenemusic.com/
Instagram: http://instagram.com/christeene_offic…
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Christeene
Twitter : @fixmydick
Copyright (C) 2018 PJ Raval & Paul Soileau.
CHRISTEENE “Big Shot”
CHRISTEENE “Big Shot”
In “Big Shot”, the 7th installment of the CHRISTEENE video collection, rabbits roam free across the sinister landscape of CHRISTEENE’s fuck fantasy.
Directed & Produced by PJ Raval
Starring: CHRISTEENE
Back Up Boyz: T-Gravel & C-Baby
Music Producer: JJ Booya
Production Designer: Alan Lampert
Cinematographer: Mike Simpson
Editor: Victoria Chalk
Lighting/Special FX: JJ Booya (Brett Hornsby) & Steven Williams
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CHRISTEENE – NIGHTWINDOW
CHRISTEENE – NIGHTWINDOW
Barrett Barrera Projects presents
NIGHTWINDOW
NIGHTWINDOW is the 12th installment of the CHRISTEENE Video Collection
Directed by PJ Raval
Starring CHRISTEENE
Music Produced by Peter Stopschinski
Written and performed by CHRISTEENE
Cinematography by PJ Raval
Edited by Juli Keller, Lauren Sander, Victoria Chalk
VFX by Juli Keller
Color grading by Joe MalinaBarrett Barrera Projects presents
NIGHTWINDOW
NIGHTWINDOW is the 12th installment of the CHRISTEENE Video Collection
Directed by PJ Raval
Starring CHRISTEENE
Music Produced by Peter Stopschinski
Written and performed by CHRISTEENE
Cinematography by PJ Raval
Edited by Juli Keller, Lauren Sander, Victoria Chalk
VFX by Juli Keller
Color grading by Joe Malina
Nightwindow mask by Cory Sever
Inspired by Maya Deren
CHRISTEENEmusic.com
Nightwindow mask by Cory Sever
Inspired by Maya Deren
CHRISTEENEmusic.com
CHRISTEENE “FUK V29”
CHRISTEENE “FUK V29”
Welcome to “FUK V29”, the 8th installment of the CHRISTEENE Video Collection. Sit back. Open your mouths. Spread your legs. Don’t hide nuthin’.
Directed by PJ Raval
Starring CHRISTEENE
Song Produced by Graham Reynolds
Featuring T-Gravel
Cinematography by Mike Simpson
Edited by Victoria Chalk
Gaffer: Caleb Kuntz
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CHRISTEENE “Workin’ On Grandma”
CHRISTEENE “Workin’ On Grandma”
In “Workin’ on Grandma”, the 5th installment of the CHRISTEENE Video Collection, burnt memories and “deviled pussy holes” string themselves along the faded lines of CHRISTEENE’s family tree, all tucked in tight under a blanket of Korean karaoke dreams.
Directed and Produced by PJ Raval
Starring: CHRISTEENE
Music Producer: JJ Booya
Back Up Boyz: T-Gravel & C-Baby
Cinematographer: Mike Simpson
Editor: Victoria Chalk
Additional Camera: Drew Xanthopoulos
Korean Translation: Robert Joe
VFX Artist: Olivier Stéphant
Colorist: Avram Dodson
Featuring:
Bobby Johns
Jason Scott Rosen
Curran Nault
Shar Mcleod
Stephanie Demopulos
Shondi Pugh
Aaron Flynn
Emily Lowe
Jodi Lynn Frizzell
and introducing Gilbért
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CHRISTEENE “Bustin’ Brown”
CHRISTEENE “Bustin’ Brown”
In “Bustin’ Brown”, the fourth installment of the CHRISTEENE Video Collection, CHRISTEENE confronts the ever-present bastardization of anal sex from mainstream bourgeois heterosexuals by returning “da buh-hole” to its rightful owners.
Directed & Produced by PJ Raval
Starring CHRISTEENE
Back Up Boyz: C Baby & T Gravel
Music Producer: JJ Booya
Cinematographer: Mike Simpson
Editor: Victoria Chalk
Production Designers: Alan Lampert & Nazanin Shirazi
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CHRISTEENE “slowly/easy”
CHRISTEENE “slowly/easy”
In “Slowly/Easy”, the 3rd installment of the CHRISTEENE Video Collection, layers of electronic darkness penetrate the bruised holes of a hellish nightmare where wet dreams collide and Pandas kill.
Directed & Produced by PJ Raval
Starring: CHRISTEENE
Back Up Boyz: T-Gravel
Featuring POWERHAMMER
Cinematographer: Keith Wilson
Editor: Masashi Niwano & PJ Raval
CHRISTEENE “Fix My Dick”
CHRISTEENE “Fix My Dick”
In “Fix My Dick”, the first installment of the CHRISTEENE video collection, CHRISTEENE unleashes the insatiable hunger of a raw soul denied the pleasure of a cheap hard fuck.
Directed & Produced by PJ Raval
Starring: CHRISTEENE
Back Up Boyz: T-Gravel & C-Baby
Featuring DJ Jaunty
Cinematographer & Editor: Masashi Niwano
Production Design: Monkey Star
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Music Video
Mistress Stephanie & Her Melodic Cat – “Awfully Confusing”
Mistress Stephanie & Her Melodic Cat – “Awfully Confusing”
From the debut album of Mistress Stephanie & Her Melodic Cat, “Take That!” Directed by P.J. Raval. Meow!
cdbaby.com/cd/mistressstephanie
myspace.com/mistressandcat
Also available on iTunes!
Little Stolen Moments – Wild Beasts – “All the King’s Men”
Little Stolen Moments – Wild Beasts – “All the King’s Men”
Interpretive dance gang Little Stolen Moments dances to “All the King’s Men” by Wild Beasts.
Directed by PJ Raval
Choreographer: Lindsey Taylor
Cinematographer: Mike Simpson
The Sword – “How Heavy This Axe”
The Sword – “How Heavy This Axe”
Third video from The Sword’s Gods of the Earth Album. Directed by Super!Alright!
Little Stolen Moments – No Age – “You’re A Target”
Little Stolen Moments – No Age – “You’re A Target”
Interpretive dance gang Little Stolen Moments dances to “You’re A Target” by No Age.
Directed by PJ Raval.
Choreographer: Lindsey Taylor
Cinematographer: Drew Xanthopoulos
Editor: Victoria Chalk
Mistress Stephanie & Her Melodic Cat – Grey
Mistress Stephanie & Her Melodic Cat – Grey
From Mistress Stephanie & Her Melodic Cat’s debut CD, Take That!
Directed by PJ Raval
www.myspace.com/mistressandcat
www.cdbaby.com/cd/mistressstephanie
Experimental
net06
net06
A non-camera made analog digital collision.
WINNER of the Betty Nowlin Award for Excellence in Filmmaking Cinematexas Int’l Film Festival 2002
Distributor: Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre
a boy’s mouth
a boy’s mouth
The power of one boy’s speech.
WINNER “Director’s Award for Most Visually Inspired” Santa Cruz Film Festival 2002
Distributor: Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre
clean
clean
A brief look at one man’s obsession with cleanliness
Distributor: Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre
hz202
Promotional
Reverie & Randee’s OUTsider Telethon Ep. 1
Reverie & Randee’s OUTsider Telethon Ep. 3
Reverie & Randee’s OUTsider Telethon Ep. 3
Reverie learns “what’s it mean to be queer?” OUTsider Advisory Board Members Chale Nafus and Sandra Martinez bring by BBQ and wipes! Learn about famous OUTsider James Baldwin and be entertained my Michael Anthony Garcia and Kimberly Pollini
QUEERBOMB 2013
QUEERBOMB 2012
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