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Tag Archives: Singkwento International Film Festival

Ang Mga Alingawngaw sa Panahon ng Pagpapasya (Echoes in the Midst of Indecision): Activism at the fore

04 Monday Apr 2016

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1986 Revolution, alessandra de rossi, Alingawngaw sa Panahon ng Pagpapasya, drama, EDSA, filipino movie, film review, Marcos dictatorship, Marcos Era, micko laurente, Movie review, philippines, short film, SIFFMP, Singkwento International Film Festival

By: Heinrich Domingo

Activism, today, is a concept too alienating for people to understand. The struggle towards toppling the Philippines’ most corrupt official (Ferdinand Marcos Sr.) seems like a distant past. For a generation cradled comfortably in the soft mattress of democracy, fighting against tyranny is but a misaligned notion popularized by the radical hippies in the 80s. Alingawngaw sa Panahon ng Pagpapasya is a film that aims to discuss the 1986 revolution from the inside of the most basic unit of society – the family. Its narrative is a refreshing take for a story that has been delivered multiple times in multiple ways.

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My Revolutionary Mother: Revolutionizing the medium

16 Wednesday Mar 2016

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activism, America, Bisaya, Cebu, documentary, Gabriela, history, Jethro Patalinghug, Marcos dictatorship, Martial Law, My Revolutionary Mother, short film, SIFF, Singkwento International Film Festival, Viddsee

By Heinrich Domingo

In ethnography, researchers are taught to understand culture, history, and tradition through being with their subject of study. My Revolutionary Mother advances this technique and uses research to understand the past as it looks inside one’s own family and one’s self.

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