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She hopes that aspiring film makers will see this as an opportunity to use their skills and talents to try and make a difference.
“I think it’s our exposure here in a country where so much struggle still happens…even if we have so many problems that we face, we just have this really unique way of celebrating life. “Mr President, your idea of progress is not our idea of progress”, admonishes tribal man Vic to President Aquino of the Philippines. Vic is one of 120 people from Casiguran, north of the Philippines, marching across the country to protest a controversial land development created by a powerful political dynasty. The development promises to bring economic progress with resorts, an airport and factories. In our ancestral land, there is no boss.” Another time he was foraging for food in the forest. Some farmers lost lush, fertile ricelands as APECO built roads and buildings. It promised jobs and progress in the once sleepy town of Casiguran. The life of the tribe is simple. (photo credit: Matt Baguinon, 2012) Ditsi with cinematographer Matt Baguinon (left) and a bantay dagat/fisherman in Samal Island, Davao. Our huts are small but we are happy.” Ultimately Vic makes us wonder about the big questions at the heart of this story: What is progress? Ronnie . It promotes a wrong kind of progress where the indigenous people, fishers and farmers are not consulted, he says” Under the Philippine constitution and the indigenous people’s rights law, no project, can enter ancestral lands or waters without the free, prior and informed consent of the community. Villagers protested that they were never consulted about the project. Construction has begun, destroying ricelands and displacing fisherfolk. July 29, 2021. Bunso (The Youngest) is a documentary by Filipino filmmakers Ditsi Carolino and Nana Buxani. There, they share dingy spaces with adult criminals convicted of rape, murder and drug dealing. OneWorld is an international human rights film festival. But the project was mired in controversy. Ditsi Carolino is an award-winning documentary director/producer based in Manila. Joefran Talaban, the town’s parish priest, is the most vocal critic of the project. “Everything we need to survive is here. Through her lens, she hopes to show the world that as we go through our own comfortable routine, there are still many Filipinos out there struggling to fight for the most basic rights like education and a decent home. For Ditsi, there are still a lot of social problems and issues that the country faces. After college, she was involved in making documentaries on Philippine socio-political and cultural traditions. And what the Pinay has to offer, I think, is [just] the way we celebrate life.” Ditsi with sugarcane farmeres Choy Dodoy and Chay Bising in their tiny hut in Negros. But his practical wisdom and the slow, dignified way he spoke reminded me of much-revered chieftains, long dead and gone but well remembered for the way they led their people against “development” projects. While he was fishing, he told us how much the Dumagat valued their freedom. It had sold-out screenings at the HotDocs Canadian International Film Festival in Toronto in April and at the DokFest International Documentary Film Festival in Munich, Germany in May. A documentary that explores injustice, neglect and perpetual helplessness. (Text) CC BY-SA “I think it’s our exposure here in a country where so much struggle still happens… even if we have so many problems that we face, we just have this really unique way of celebrating life.” “I think it’s our exposure here in a country where so much struggle still happens… even if we have so many problems that we face, we just have this really unique way of celebrating life.” Ditsi Carolino believes in the power of film to show what others may have been blind to, realities that have been forgotten, expose truths that have been hidden for so long, and fight tirelessly for what’s right. Working for an NGO in Mindanao opened her eyes to the harsh realities of poverty and picket lines. Bunso: The Youngest . It screened at IDFA, Sheffield, HotDocs and won the Royal Television Award for Best Student Factual Film in the UK, Best Documentary at Cinemanila and was acquired for broadcast by the BBC. In 2004 Bunso (The Youngest), won Best Director at the One World International Film Festival in Prague, the Youth Jury Prize at the Human Rights Film Festival in Nuremberg and the Grand Prize at the EBS Int’l Doc Film Fest in Seoul.The March to Progress in the Philippines
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