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The filmmakers had to maneuver around restaurant chairs and tables to capture footage of patrons enjoying various Filipino items off different restaurants&#039; menus, said cinematographer and producer John Floresca. One scene showcases a kamayan meal with customers eating fried pork egg rolls and rice with their hands. (Courtesy of Alexandra Cuerdo)

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Alumna cooks up documentary on Filipino foods, mixes in personal roots

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Alexandra Cuerdo quit her day job as an assistant director to direct her own Filipino food documentary in 2017. Her first feature film takes 80 minutes to explore Filipino cuisine’s rising popularity across the United States and Cuerdo’s own connection to her Filipino roots.

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Alumna cooks up documentary on Filipino foods, mixes in personal roots

By Alexandra Del Rosario

May 16, 2018 10:48 p.m.