Dates & times
All times are local to the venue · America/Los Angeles
- 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
‘Baon’ at SFMOMA: Filipino Migrant Stories, Food and Memory
In Baon, food is a way into stories of Filipino migration and organizing, not a meal promised to the audience. The film follows Rachel Bundoc Lucero as she shares meals with Filipino migrants in the Bay Area and hears accounts that range from resistance to the Marcos dictatorship to efforts to defend undocumented workers’ rights.
Meals open onto stories of struggle
Baon is a Tagalog word for food packed from home. In the film, Lucero visits migrant Filipinos in the San Francisco Bay Area as they share meals that remind them of home. The dishes provide a setting for personal histories and accounts of seeking change; the event listing does not advertise food for attendees.
Those accounts include Lucero’s mother’s memories of moving toward gunfire during efforts to overthrow the Marcos dictatorship, as well as workers’ efforts to protect the rights and welfare of undocumented migrants. The film connects family memory with collective action without reducing either to a single story.
Further reading: Baon: Stories and Struggles of Filipino Migrants · SFMOMA ↗ · Baon: Stories and Struggles of Filipino Migrants (Film Screening) Tickets, Saturday, November 21 • Starts at 2 PM | Eventbrite ↗
A filmmaker working across food, history and activism
Based in San Francisco, Lucero works as a Filipina American filmmaker, home cook and community organizer. Through The Sago Show, she explores Filipino food alongside history and activism. She is involved with Malaya Movement San Francisco, whose advocacy centers on human rights, democratic governance and the Philippines’ national sovereignty.
The post-screening conversation puts Lucero in the room as both the filmmaker and a community organizer whose work addresses subjects related to the film. SFMOMA lists a conversation following the premiere, but does not specify its length or say whether audience questions are planned.
Further reading: Baon: Stories and Struggles of Filipino Migrants · SFMOMA ↗ · Baon: Stories and Struggles of Filipino Migrants (Film Screening) Tickets, Saturday, November 21 • Starts at 2 PM | Eventbrite ↗
Presented by a South of Market cultural district
SOMA Pilipinas presents the screening. The organization identifies itself as San Francisco’s Filipino Cultural Heritage District; SFMOMA’s event listing notes its official recognition by the City of San Francisco and State of California as a center for Filipino community, culture, arts and activism.
The district’s work includes helping Filipino residents and cultural institutions remain in South of Market amid displacement pressures. It also uses cultural events and public art to make Filipino communities more visible, while pursuing racial equity in partnership with other communities. That local context places a film about migrant lives within a broader effort to sustain Filipino presence and history in South of Market.
Further reading: Baon: Stories and Struggles of Filipino Migrants · SFMOMA ↗ · SOMA PILIPINAS ↗
One screening, followed by a conversation
The listed sequence links the documentary and a conversation with Lucero, rather than offering separate or concurrent sessions. The discussion is a chance to hear from the filmmaker after a film built around migrants’ experiences, family memories and organizing.
Saturday, November 21, 2026 · Floor 1, Phyllis Wattis Theater
- Premiere screening of Baon: Stories and Struggles of Filipino Migrants, followed by a conversation featuring filmmaker Rachel Bundoc Lucero.
Plan for the screening
Saturday, Nov. 21, 2026, 2–4 p.m.
The premiere starts at 2 p.m.; the film is followed by a conversation with Rachel Bundoc Lucero. SFMOMA’s event data lists 4 p.m. as the end time.
Phyllis Wattis Theater, Floor 1
The theater is inside SFMOMA at 151 Third Street, San Francisco, CA 94103. Use the museum’s main visitor entrance on Third Street.
Baon: Stories and Struggles of Filipino Migrants · SFMOMA ↗ · SFMOMA · Visitor's Guide ↗ · Getting Here · SFMOMA ↗
Free with RSVP
Reserve through the Eventbrite listing. Eventbrite lists the RSVP offer as available until 11 p.m. Pacific on Friday, Nov. 20, 2026. The event information does not say that the RSVP includes admission to other SFMOMA galleries.
Baon: Stories and Struggles of Filipino Migrants · SFMOMA ↗ · Baon: Stories and Struggles of Filipino Migrants (Film Screening) Tickets, Saturday, November 21 • Starts at 2 PM | Eventbrite ↗
All ages
Eventbrite lists the screening as all ages. SFMOMA requires children 13 and younger to be accompanied and supervised by an adult at all times.
Baon: Stories and Struggles of Filipino Migrants (Film Screening) Tickets, Saturday, November 21 • Starts at 2 PM | Eventbrite ↗ · Guidelines for Visiting SFMOMA ↗
Getting to SFMOMA
Entrance and transit
The event is in the Phyllis Wattis Theater on Floor 1. SFMOMA’s main visitor entrance is at 151 Third Street; the museum says it is a few blocks from Montgomery Street BART and other public transportation. The map links can calculate directions from your starting point.
Baon: Stories and Struggles of Filipino Migrants · SFMOMA ↗ · SFMOMA · Visitor's Guide ↗ · Getting Here · SFMOMA ↗
Parking
SFMOMA’s garage is at 147 Minna Street and is open daily from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. Listed rates are $4 per 30 minutes, $26 for up to 10 hours, or $35 for up to 24 hours.
The museum lists a 25% discount for members and a 10% discount for nonmembers with validation at the Haas Jr. Atrium on Floor 1. Discounts apply only to the first 3.5 hours; after that, the listed rate is a flat $26 for up to 12 hours. Nearby public garages named by SFMOMA include Yerba Buena Garage at Fifth and Mission and Moscone Center Garage at 255 Third Street.
Before you make a plan
Is food served at the screening?
The film follows meals shared by Filipino migrants, but the event listing does not advertise food or a tasting for attendees.
Baon: Stories and Struggles of Filipino Migrants · SFMOMA ↗ · Baon: Stories and Struggles of Filipino Migrants (Film Screening) Tickets, Saturday, November 21 • Starts at 2 PM | Eventbrite ↗
What follows the film?
A conversation featuring filmmaker Rachel Bundoc Lucero. The listing does not specify its length or say whether audience questions are planned.
Baon: Stories and Struggles of Filipino Migrants · SFMOMA ↗ · Baon: Stories and Struggles of Filipino Migrants (Film Screening) Tickets, Saturday, November 21 • Starts at 2 PM | Eventbrite ↗
Does the RSVP include admission to SFMOMA galleries?
The event is free with RSVP, but its listing does not specify whether the RSVP includes access to other museum galleries.
How far ahead should I request ASL interpretation or an assisted-listening device?
Request either at least ten business days ahead by emailing [email protected]. SFMOMA will do its best to fulfill requests but does not guarantee them.
Baon: Stories and Struggles of Filipino Migrants · SFMOMA ↗ · Baon: Stories and Struggles of Filipino Migrants · SFMOMA ↗
Location & Google Maps
Phyllis Wattis Theater, SFMOMA
151 Third Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
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