Others, The

Of Spanish, Scottish/Irish, Chinese, Filipino, Hawaiian, and Cherokee ancestry actor Lou Diamond Phillips is an icon of difference and otherness due to the numerous ‘ethnic characters’ he’s played in Hollywood movies (primarily in the late 1980s and early 1990s) including Mexican, Navajo, Inuit, Lakota, Puerto Rican and Arab. “The Others” features found footage of Phillips’ numerous ‘ethnic characters’ and places them in dialog with each other, literally, by employing classic Hollywood editing style and storytelling tropes. Through these conversations comes an investigation of identity, ethnicity and authenticity. “The Others” is part of the Trinity Square Video Themed Commissioned Project: ICONS. Winner of the Reel Asian Trinity Square Video Visionary Video Award, 2008: “To a work distinguished by its implosion of play with race, fame and cinema. For its ingenius editing and hottest man-on-man love scene, featuring Lou Diamond Philips on Lou Diamond Philips love.” – Chi-hui Yang, Reel Asian juror