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'Nanay ng Manila North', dokumentaryo ni Howie Severino, ngayong Sabado sa 'I-Witness'


I-WITNESS
“Nanay ng Manila North”
Host: Howie Severino
Airing: May 21, 2022




 
Ipakita ang pagbabago sa mahabang panahon, iyan ang kayang gawin ng isang dokumentaryo.  Binalikan ni Howie Severino ang tatlong ‘di malilimutang karakter na kaniyang nakilala sa huling limang taon.  Lahat sila, mula sa hanay ng maralita at humaharap ng samu’t saring pagsubok.

Nang una silang makilala ni Howie noong 2016, bawat isa sa kanila, may malikhaing paraan para madinig ang kanilang boses.  Sila ay sina Lilian, isang lola sa Manila North Cemetery, si Christian na binatang nakatira sa tabi ng estero at si Emily na nawalan ng anak dahil sa drug war.


Photos: Raphael Diaz

Ang mga pagbabago sa buhay nila sa loob ng limang taon ang nagpakita ng kanilang determinasyon na nagdulot ng magagandang bunga.



Napatunayan nila na hindi kailangang maging mayaman para makatulong sa sarili, at maging mitsa ng pagbabago at inspirasyon sa mga tulad nila.

Mapapanood ang “Nanay ng Manila North,” dokumentaryo ni Howie Severino sa I-Witness ngayong May 21, 2022, Sabado,10:30 ng gabi sa GMA 7.

ENGLISH VERSION:
Nanay ng Manila North
May 21, 2022 

Show change over time, that’s what documentaries can do.  Howie Severino and his team try to achieve just that when they return to three memorable characters of previous stories they did, all residents of urban poor communities facing extreme challenges.

When they were first featured several years ago, each was stepping up in creative, courageous ways in dangerous milieus: a homeless grandmother living in a cemetery, a young man in a shack next to an estero who found his voice in a community theater group, and a mother driven to activism by the killing of her teenage son in a drug-war massacre.

What the documentarians found in their subjects five years on was an unfading determination that led to surprising twists in their stories.

Together they show that the poor can engage boldly with the larger world and be their own agents of change.

Catch Howie Severino’s documentary: “Nanay ng Manila North” on I-Witness this Saturday, May 21, 2022 at 10:30 pm on GMA 7.

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