Myra Dumapias
Chatting With the Amazing Team that Made the Transnational Cult Hit ‘Lumpia with a Vengeance’
Joining the line of crowdfunded independent film hits like Jeremy Saulnier’s “Ruin” (2013), Spike Lee’s “Da Sweet Blood of Jesus” (2014), “David Lynch: The Art Life” (2016) and “Zombie Hunter” (2013) starring Danny Trejo is “Lumpia with A Vengeance” (2020). […]
Roy Wol, His Growth as a Filmmaker and How Being a TCK Helps His Art
Whether gazing the moon and stars at Lac d’Annecy in France, waiting on Argentinian maté to steep in the U.K., sipping on Turkish coffee in Germany, or arriving in Austin for yet another speaking engagement at South by Southwest (SXSW) […]
Life In Slow Motion: Lessons From A TCK’s First Pet On Moments And Memories (Part 2 of 2)
In Part 1, Myra Dumapias wrote about how she fell in love with her first pet dog, Papi, and her memories of him growing up as a member of her family. In Part 2 below, she talks about the lessons […]
Life In Slow Motion: Lessons From A TCK’s First Pet On Moments And Memories (Part 1 of 2)
Once in a while, a film captures my attention that I want to share with my transnational audience. Other times, life itself beckons and my attention is captured in a real-life slow motion scene. One such scene is my reflection […]
Addressing Privilege — Creating the Missing Piece In My Great Love Affair With My TCK Tribe
Discovering my Third Culture Kid (TCK) identity as an adult has been like a predestined romance waiting to happen before I had the language for it. Yet throughout this love affair, realized in the process of claiming a tribe, I’ve […]
TCK Filmmaker Sebastien Tobler and ‘This Time’ — Part 2 of 2
In Part 1 of our interview with filmmaker Sebastian Tobler, he talked about his short movie “Joyrider.” In this part, he talks about his next film, “This Time.” Myra Dumapias: Tell us more about the characters in “This Time” and […]
Finding the ‘Joyride’ in Journeys of Change: An Interview with TCK Filmmaker Sebastien Tobler — Part 1 of 2
If there was ever a perfect way to portray the universal experiences of attachment and letting go, a Third Culture filmmaker would know how to do it. By inviting his audience to step into brief moments around moving day, filmmaker Sebastien […]
Just Having Fun Sharing Global Citizen Stories: Interview With Adult TCK Calvin Karuniawan Widjaja
A calm joviality finds home in Calvin Karuniawan Widjaja’s face as he responds, “It’s fun,” borrowing Richard Branson’s words, on why he hosts his interview series. Named after his initials, Global CKtizens is a livestreamed interview series on Third Culture […]
