1 hr 34 min
Don't Stop Believin' Flipping The Narrative
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- Society & Culture
Girl can’t help it, she needs to tell stories. Ramona Diaz, the award-winning documentary filmmaker, has brought to the screen some of the most disturbing, heart-rending, inspiring and ultimately illuminating tales of the Filipino experience - the fearless journalist facing a lying and vindictive president (A Thousand Cuts), an unknown cover singer with incredible vocals who fronts a legendary rock band (Don’t Stop Believin’: Every Man’s Journey) teachers recruited to teach in inner city schools in Baltimore (The Learning), a delusional former First Lady (Imelda), and more.
She sits down with us to flip the notion of love of country, likening the draw of the motherland to the lure of an ex-boyfriend: we don’t stop believin’ but he still keeps on disappointin’ … so where do we go from here without shattering our psyche? Or further widening the polarizations in our society? Sometimes all we need is a welcome shot of babaw Pinoy humor.
Girl can’t help it, she needs to tell stories. Ramona Diaz, the award-winning documentary filmmaker, has brought to the screen some of the most disturbing, heart-rending, inspiring and ultimately illuminating tales of the Filipino experience - the fearless journalist facing a lying and vindictive president (A Thousand Cuts), an unknown cover singer with incredible vocals who fronts a legendary rock band (Don’t Stop Believin’: Every Man’s Journey) teachers recruited to teach in inner city schools in Baltimore (The Learning), a delusional former First Lady (Imelda), and more.
She sits down with us to flip the notion of love of country, likening the draw of the motherland to the lure of an ex-boyfriend: we don’t stop believin’ but he still keeps on disappointin’ … so where do we go from here without shattering our psyche? Or further widening the polarizations in our society? Sometimes all we need is a welcome shot of babaw Pinoy humor.
1 hr 34 min