the last journey

missed you at the premiere too!

i must say, (biases aside), the docu-drama was superb.

the whole docu was narrated only by two people:

ninoy, of course...

and cory (through her LAST interview).

i was afraid bam might throw us off, but he did a great job... and there were no speaking parts so i guess that helped.

the whole docu revolved around ninoy's actual last journey home. 7 days (i think) of traveling from boston, until that dreadful day in the airport.

so many revelations and untold stories...

even if we all know what happened on the 21st of aug, it really hurt so much to see that infamous footage in the movie.

it was not a whodunnit at all...

in fact, the goal of the film is to make the younger generations watch this, so that the lives of these 2 national heroes will not be in vain.

it was really so heart wrenching... anyway i'll stop talking so i won't give too much away.

here's to doing what we can for democracy, for filipinos, and for freedom. naks.

paper dolls

as the film 'for the first time' is making a killing, it makes me wonder, why?

people say it's laughable.  but my girls in my teeny tiny factory totally loved it.

so are we out of touch with the pulse of the nation?  or do we just generally have bad taste?

it also got me thinking of this award-winning film i saw about filipinos that made waves abroad but not here. i'm talking about paper dolls.  

how come we never hear about these films here?

it's a documentary made by an israeli, about a group of OFWs who are caregivers by day and tranny performers by night -- in israel!  (the hub chanced upon the dvd in hk and bought it.)

i found it so heartwarming and moving.  i think every filipino should watch this... and maybe not so much 'for the first time'...  but that's just me.

the israeli who made this film even came out on 'private conversations with boy abunda' after hearing that one of the stars of the film died... but anyway...

here are some of the reviews:

"Heymann (filmmaker) brings to Paper Dolls not only an engaging poignancy but also a powerful universality" - Los Angeles Times

"Paper Dolls seeks to illuminate a subculture without allowing its curiosity to become exploitative or prurient." - The New York Times

watch the trailer here.