We watch movies to be entertained and inspired, but film can also serve as a powerful medium for illuminating inconvenient truths and bringing to cinematic light the lived experiences of people, especially the marginalized. It takes courage to tell these stories, for they may not fare well at the box office, win favor with awards...
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Hits and misses in the Summer Metro Manila Film Festival
In an earlier face-to-face interview with lawyer Josabeth “Joji” Alonso, chief operating officer of Quantum Films, she casually said that an official entry to the ongoing Summer Metro Manila Film Festival (SMMFF), “About Us But Not About Us,” wouldn’t make money. To think that her office is a co-producer of the project. But then she said...