{Watch, Read, & Listen} Yellow Rose, Black Sun, & I'm Over You

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Watch: Yellow Rose (2020)

Rose, an undocumented Filipino girl, dreams of one day leaving her small Texas town to pursue her country music dreams. Her world is shattered when her mom suddenly gets picked up by immigration and Customs Enforcement. Rose, facing this new reality, is forced to flee the scene, leaving behind the only life she knows, and embarks on a journey of self-discovery as she searches for a new home in the honky tonk world of Austin, Texas.

Directed/written by Diane Paragas; story by Andy Bienen 

Starring Eva Noblezada, Lea Salonga, Gustavo Gomez, Princess Punzalan

See showtimes on the official yellowrosefilm.com website.

Side note: happy Filipino American Heritage month to my fellow Fil-Am's! Let's help out our people in the homeland: junkterrorbill.carrd.co and parasapinas.carrd.co

Read: Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse

From the New York Times bestselling author of Star Wars: Resistance Reborn comes the first book in the Between Earth and Sky trilogy, inspired by the civilizations of the Pre-Columbian Americas and woven into a tale of celestial prophecies, political intrigue, and forbidden magic. 

A god will return

When the earth and sky converge

Under the black sun 

In the holy city of Tova, the winter solstice is usually a time for celebration and renewal, but this year it coincides with a solar eclipse, a rare celestial event proscribed by the Sun Priest as an unbalancing of the world. 

Meanwhile, a ship launches from a distant city bound for Tova and set to arrive on the solstice. The captain of the ship, Xiala, is a disgraced Teek whose song can calm the waters around her as easily as it can warp a man’s mind. Her ship carries one passenger. Described as harmless, the passenger, Serapio, is a young man, blind, scarred, and cloaked in destiny. As Xiala well knows, when a man is described as harmless, he usually ends up being a villain. 

Crafted with unforgettable characters, Rebecca Roanhorse has created an epic adventure exploring the decadence of power amidst the weight of history and the struggle of individuals swimming against the confines of society and their broken pasts in the most original series debut of the decade.

Publication date: October 13, 2020

Check this space tomorrow to find out why Black Sun is one of the best books I've ever read.

Listen: I'm Over You -- Matt Marcii x Andrea Ekeli

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