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Tag Archives: poverty

Pamilya Ordinaryo: The anesthetized audience

04 Sunday Sep 2016

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2016, best film, Cinemalaya 2016, film review, Hasmine Killip, independent film, Pamilya Ordinaryo, philippines, poverty, Ronwaldo Martin

By Heinrich Domingo

When you think that Filipinos have been fed up with poverty porn, Pamilya Ordinaryo is willing to challenge you. It entertains the audience with a pang of reality making them realize that cinema is nothing but an extension of actual lives.

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Laut: Diving into a sea of emotions

10 Thursday Mar 2016

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Ana Capri, Badjao, Barbie Forteza, drama, film review, Laut, Luisito Ignacio, Mabalacat, movie revew, Pampanga, poverty, Sama D'laut, Singkuwento International Film Festival

By Heinrich Domingo

When you fear and feel powerless, create an art work they say. Shout your advocacy through artistry, through beauty, through cinema. But what if, you cannot comprehend art. What is artistic expression to you if you are hungry in the middle of the night, if you are landless all your life, if you have to watch your sick children die? They are the Sama D’laut group, the subject of Director Luisito Ignacio’s film Laut. Seen on the big screen is the reeking condition of a displaced community and their constant fight to continue living.

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Isang Hakbang: One step backward

29 Monday Feb 2016

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Buboy Villar, drama, film review, Miguel Antonio, Mike Magat, movie revew, poverty, SIFFMP, Singkuwento International Film Festival, Snooky Cerna, Unang Hakbang

By Heinrich Domingo

In the famous words of Chef Gusteau in our Disney-favorite Ratatouille, “not everyone can become a great artist, but a great artist can come from anywhere.” Anyone has the chance to create good films but not all those who try can create one. Actor turned director Mike Magat is laudable for courageously joining the director’s club. After all, filmmaking is exclusive for the brave of hearts. Yet, it seems like his audience have to pay for his inexperience. His film Isang Hakbang joins the rank of the worst films made last year.

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Si Narra at ang Lihim na Silid sa Paradiso: Of sexual abuse and innocence appeal

27 Saturday Feb 2016

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drama, film review, Ilocano, Janine Maniego, justice, movie revew, poverty, sexual abuse, short film, Si Narra at ang Lihim na Silid sa Paradiso, SIFFMP, Singkuwento International Film Festival, UP Diliman

By Heinrich Domingo

A little girl living alone with her guardian just turned nine years old. They live in a shabby nipa hut placed in the middle of a vast rice field. On her birthday, the old gay man brings her to the city to buy ice cream. There, they met a barangay captain’s friend who was kind enough to invite them to his party. Little do they know that the man will give Narra her worst birthday present.

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