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Life Is What You Make It (2017)

Life Is What You Make It poster
Directed by
Jhett Tolentino
Genre
documentary film
Country
United States

How it feels

This documentary follows Jhett Tolentino, a Filipino theatre producer, as he moves to the United States and starts a career in New York theatre. It shows his journey of building a life and working in the arts.

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What happens

Life Is What You Make It is a 2017 documentary film which explores the life of award-winning Filipino theatre producer Jhett Tolentino from his migration into the United States and his entry into theatre production in New York. The film came with a soundtrack album entitled Life Is What You Make It: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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