King Kabayo, Bulacan, Philippines

[Film Image: Love Is A Stranger]

King Horse Films gets its namesake from the barangay (Spanish: barrio / English: neighborhood) in the Philippines.

It is the home of our founder Cindy Martin’s parents — “King Kabayo (Kabayo = Horse)”,

located two hours north of the capital Manila, in the province of Bulacan.

Cindy Martin is an award-winning Filipina-American Documentary Filmmaker from Chicago dedicated to amplifying voices from underrepresented communities, with a particular focus on AAPI, BIPOC and women’s stories. She has been named by numerous fellowships for her work in documentary filmmaking and community building.

IShe has been the recipient of a number of fellowships including: Asian Cultural Council (ACC), FYLPRO ImmersiveFellowship was named a cohort of Kartemquin’s Diverse Voices in Docs (DVID) fellowship and a CNN/Film Independent Docuseries fellow. Cindy lived and worked in London and Los Angeles for over 20 years as a Broadcast Journalist ​for Reuters, AP, ABC News​ and​ Sky News.

Her work has been supported by the Illinois Arts Council and the Department of Cultural and Special Events (DCASE) in Chicago.

Cindy also currently works as the Supervising Producer of the Zhao-Chen Family AAPI Voices Fund at Kartemquin Educational Films in Chicago.

Cindy holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Broadcast Journalism from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, specializing in Psychology and Politics. ​She is a board member of Doc Chicago, a former film programmer and organizer for the Foundation for Asian-American Independent Media (FAAIM) in Chicago which produces the Asian-American Showcase (film, music and comedy).

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