Logline: A filmmaker travels to Yokohama to trace the steps of his town’s local hero.

Synopsis: Ponce in Kimono tells the story of Mariano Ponce’s life as a foreign envoy of the First Philippine Republic. Sent as an emissary to Japan to garner support for the Philippine independence, Ponce navigated a foreign culture while building alliances with fellow Asian revolutionaries. The documentary features the city of Yokohama as Ponce’s main stopover during his 20-year itinerary abroad. It combines interviews, archival research, and Ponce’s letters during the revolution to illuminate what it means to cry for freedom and to establish, for the first time, our place in Asia and the world.