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Category: Films

WHISPERINGS FROM THE MARGINS: A review of Hunghong sa Yuta

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/10 May) — One needs a hundred and forty-seven minutes to view Hunghong sa Yuta (Earth's Whisper), a film that will have its "world premiere" on Saturday,  May 24, 2008 (7:30 PM) at SM Cinema 2, Davao City.

But Hunghong is not just a film.  It is a material for "a mobile peace education campaign" as the producers of the film call it, too.  Call it other names: audio-visual material, advocacy production, conscientizing document and info-tainment. It is all these; but, of course, it, too, is an independently-produced  feature film. Indie for short in today's dynamic and vibrant film circles from  Hollywood to Bollywood and other Third World settings.

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FILM REVIEW: Hunghong sa Yuta: A Mindanao film for the nation

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/08 May) — “Earth’s Whisper” as the English translation of the title of Arnel Mardoquio’s  film about war  and peace in Mindanao easily cues us on how to read this story about  a clutch of deaf-mute children in a mountain community consisting of Christians, Muslims and Lumads, and the teacher from the city who introduces them to the alphabet and numbers.  War between rebels and the military has devastated the community of Hinyok, its most telling casualty being children born without the ability to speak and hear whose fathers are now intent on training them to become fighters to defend their land.  Vigo Cruz, artist and toy-maker, answers a posted notice about Hinyok’s need for a teacher, and his work with the children brings joy and hope to the young war victims and their mothers.

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