DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKER
KAILANGANG UMALIS PARA MAKABALIK [One Must Leave In Order To Return]
Life is filled with paradoxes. To truly know yourself, at some point, you need to lose yourself. To see the best in someone, you need to see first that person at his or her worst. To be able to go back, you must first take your leave. All these paradoxes, Multimedia Artist Jazel Kristin has chosen to live as she revisits the city of her dreams, none other than Paris, with her father, whom she considers as her greatest influence.
As a child, Jazel has been enamored with all things Parisian—a passion that now fuels her desire to create art. During her several sojourns to the French capital, Jazel has landed a residency at the prestigious Cité Internationale des Arts, and has mounted exhibits throughout France.
Her art, itself, is a paradox—cut-out elements from various photographs she has captured, not only in France, but also in her homeland, as well as other parts of the world, juxtaposed to create a whole picture. Each artwork is a harmonious universe crafted from various, even seemingly opposite cultures.
In her latest trip to Paris, she brings her father, a former photographer of a television network. His photography had paid for his own studies, and eventually allowed him to provide for his family. But as the years passed, his interest in photography had faded. To infuse him with renewed creativity, Jazel decides to treat him to a European escapade—to discover with him new sights and cultures, and to show him the Paris that she loves.
In a touching documentary that Jazel Kristin shot, wrote, and edited, viewers will witness the story of not only a man reviving a dying passion, but also of a father reconnecting with his headstrong daughter, who, in turn, is also struggling to meld her childhood fantasies and life goals.
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clip from the documentary
http://gmanetwork.com/news/story/346275/newstv/reeltime/reel-time-presents-kailangang-umalis-para-makabalik
As a child, Jazel has been enamored with all things Parisian—a passion that now fuels her desire to create art. During her several sojourns to the French capital, Jazel has landed a residency at the prestigious Cité Internationale des Arts, and has mounted exhibits throughout France.
Her art, itself, is a paradox—cut-out elements from various photographs she has captured, not only in France, but also in her homeland, as well as other parts of the world, juxtaposed to create a whole picture. Each artwork is a harmonious universe crafted from various, even seemingly opposite cultures.
In her latest trip to Paris, she brings her father, a former photographer of a television network. His photography had paid for his own studies, and eventually allowed him to provide for his family. But as the years passed, his interest in photography had faded. To infuse him with renewed creativity, Jazel decides to treat him to a European escapade—to discover with him new sights and cultures, and to show him the Paris that she loves.
In a touching documentary that Jazel Kristin shot, wrote, and edited, viewers will witness the story of not only a man reviving a dying passion, but also of a father reconnecting with his headstrong daughter, who, in turn, is also struggling to meld her childhood fantasies and life goals.
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clip from the documentary
http://gmanetwork.com/news/story/346275/newstv/reeltime/reel-time-presents-kailangang-umalis-para-makabalik
FILIPINAS
FILIPINAS features intimate portraits on thirty women - photographed by Isa Lorenzo - who represent the arts, education, social work, civil society and politics. No elaborate costumes, frivolous props, nor backdrops were used, only film and a simple background in the style of studio photography from the 1940s and '50's. Curated by Deanna Ongpin-Recto, the show's cast of Filipinas, chosen for their personality, their achievements, and the influence they exerted on their times.
ARTICLE: http://goodnewspilipinas.com/?p=817,
http://www.filipinas.silverlensphoto.com
ARTICLE: http://goodnewspilipinas.com/?p=817,
http://www.filipinas.silverlensphoto.com
VISUAL CONSULTANT
selected television programs
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24 Oras (24 Hours) is the flagship national network news broadcast of GMA Network. It is the nightly national newscast which airs in the Philippines on GMA and worldwide via GMA Pinoy TV. It is aired every weeknights from 6:30 PM to 7:45 PM, and every Saturdays and Sundays from 5:30 PM to 6:00 PM (PST).
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Panahon.TV (Walang Pinipiling Panahon ang Pagbibigay Inpormasyon) is a daily weather news program aired on People's Television Network, which airs from Monday to Sunday at 5:00 a.m. This is co-produced by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration PAGASA, together with Lina Group of Companies' communication arm, UBE Media, Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) and Air 21.
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PHOTO DOCUMENTARIST
behind-the-scenes
M&M's MONALISA commercial
behind-the-scenes photo documentation
PARTIZAN MIDI-MINUIT (Paris)
M&M's Monalisa commercial
shot in Belgium
PARTIZAN MIDI-MINUIT (Paris)
M&M's Monalisa commercial
shot in Belgium
VIDEO LINK: M&Ms Monalisa commercial
TRANSLATOR
ECHAPPEE BELLES episode on Philippines
France 5: Echappées Belles
BO TRAVAIL Production (Paris)Aired on March 19, 2011 (FRANCE5)
http://youtu.be/8VAqSgcc0L4
http://www.botravail.fr/spip.php?article110
http://documentaires.france5.fr/documentaires/la-route-philippine
BO TRAVAIL Production (Paris)Aired on March 19, 2011 (FRANCE5)
http://youtu.be/8VAqSgcc0L4
http://www.botravail.fr/spip.php?article110
http://documentaires.france5.fr/documentaires/la-route-philippine
DIRECTOR / EDIT SUPERVISOR / CINEMATOGRAPHER
selected documentaries of I-Witness
BUSAL ("MUZZLED")
In poor, crowded neighborhoods in the Philippines, nights are pierced by the cries of the survivors.
They wail while fathers, sons, and lovers are carried out of their homes lifeless or after their loved ones are found on the street as the handiwork of masked assassins.
For many TV viewers these days, the screaming and weeping are the voices of the poor that they most commonly hear.
To produce “Busal”, we (Howie Severino and his documentary team) seek out engaging voices of the poor – the storytellers and explainers, and even stage actors.
We meet Lilian, an artistic grandmother who is raising her grandchild in Manila North Cemetery, while eking out a living among the dead.
We chill with Christian, an enterprising 20-year-old who grew up under a bridge and put himself through school. He now teaches at-risk youth.
We shadow Waldo, an uncommonly articulate homeless man who drives a tricycle by day and sleeps in it by night wherever the cops won’t drive him away.
The three converge in a play that they help stage outdoors for a VIP audience. Through song, humor and dialogue, they voice the daily humiliations and dangers that mark the lives of the urban poor.
Together they push back against the tide of dehumanization of the destitute that has made killing them increasingly acceptable.
*Busal: the Filipino word for muzzle
BUSAL wins the US IFVF
Executive Producer: Isel Caringal
Director: Jazel Kristin
Writers: Janus Victoria, Criselda Caringal, Howie Severino
Researcher: Icia De Guzman
Camera: Christian Carreon
Video editors: Tin Macatulad-Chua, Isabelle Estein, Fredie Abril
(Busal* first aired in the Philippines on Saturday, October 22, 2016 on GMA-7)
Director: Jazel Kristin
Writers: Janus Victoria, Criselda Caringal, Howie Severino
Researcher: Icia De Guzman
Camera: Christian Carreon
Video editors: Tin Macatulad-Chua, Isabelle Estein, Fredie Abril
(Busal* first aired in the Philippines on Saturday, October 22, 2016 on GMA-7)
SAKAI NA!
In his bicycles docus, Howie Severino and his team have traveled on two wheels to Sagada, Bohol, Catanduanes and through the mean streets of Manila.
In their next biking adventure, they hit the clean streets of Japan, a land full of contradictions.
A nation better known to Filipinos for its cars, Japan is also a bike-loving country where old and young alike commute by bike, cyclists are so respected by motorists that few bikers feel a need to wear helmets, and train stations come with large bicycle parking garages.
Howie and his team do most of their cycling in the quaint city of Sakai, the country's bicycle capital. Cycling through Sakai's streets enables Howie to see up close the often uneasy co-existence of old and new in Japan - the virtues of traditional crafts like samurai making and the demands of a modern economy; the frenetic pace of Japanese industry and the slower speed prescribed by Buddhism.
But Howie also observes Japan's need to adjust to a changing world. It is an aging, racially homogenous population which accepts fewer migrant workers than most other modern societies.
Sakai itself is only beginning to reach out again to the rest of the world, recalling its history as a global trading city. Howie and his team are part of a small group of Southeast Asians invited to Sakai to share their culture with Japanese youth rarely given the chance for exposure to foreigners.
Howie himself realizes that Filipinos and Japanese have more in common than meets the eye. And cycling is an ideal way to get to know a strange place.
Director/Cinematographer: Jazel Kristin Villamarin
Executive Producer/Writer: Nowell Cuanang
Researcher: Cris Sto. Domingo
Host: Howie Severino
VIDEO LINK: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_-4pUefHzc
In their next biking adventure, they hit the clean streets of Japan, a land full of contradictions.
A nation better known to Filipinos for its cars, Japan is also a bike-loving country where old and young alike commute by bike, cyclists are so respected by motorists that few bikers feel a need to wear helmets, and train stations come with large bicycle parking garages.
Howie and his team do most of their cycling in the quaint city of Sakai, the country's bicycle capital. Cycling through Sakai's streets enables Howie to see up close the often uneasy co-existence of old and new in Japan - the virtues of traditional crafts like samurai making and the demands of a modern economy; the frenetic pace of Japanese industry and the slower speed prescribed by Buddhism.
But Howie also observes Japan's need to adjust to a changing world. It is an aging, racially homogenous population which accepts fewer migrant workers than most other modern societies.
Sakai itself is only beginning to reach out again to the rest of the world, recalling its history as a global trading city. Howie and his team are part of a small group of Southeast Asians invited to Sakai to share their culture with Japanese youth rarely given the chance for exposure to foreigners.
Howie himself realizes that Filipinos and Japanese have more in common than meets the eye. And cycling is an ideal way to get to know a strange place.
Director/Cinematographer: Jazel Kristin Villamarin
Executive Producer/Writer: Nowell Cuanang
Researcher: Cris Sto. Domingo
Host: Howie Severino
VIDEO LINK: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_-4pUefHzc
TRANSPINAY
In the name of beauty, Kristine Madrigal has spent a fortune on surgery to his nose, cheeks, chin, breasts, hips, and knees
Now all Kristine needs is one final operation to become a full-fledged woman.
For years, Kristine has thought about and agonized over the decision to have his penis removed and a vagina installed, or sex reassignment surgery. Howie Severino and his I-Witness team accompanied him on the last several months of this journey to womanhood. Kristine's quest is uncommon, but the desire to shape his destiny is not, in an age when one's identity is no longer simply a matter of fate but how much one believes in the power of transformation.
Along the way, Howie and his team meet other "transpinays" who offer hints of Kristine's possible future: Barbie, who is happily married as a woman; and Eddie, who lost both his sex drive and his lover after losing his penis.
Before the final decision, Kristine must undergo a psychological test to determine if he is truly prepared for the irreversible operation.
Directors: Auraeus Solito, Nowell Cuanang, Jazel Kristin Villamarin
Executive Producer/Writer: Nowell Cuanang
Researcher: Cris Sto. Domingo
Edit Supervisor: Jazel Kristin Villamarin
HOST: Howie Severino
TRAILER: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLiKQ4kwFP8
Now all Kristine needs is one final operation to become a full-fledged woman.
For years, Kristine has thought about and agonized over the decision to have his penis removed and a vagina installed, or sex reassignment surgery. Howie Severino and his I-Witness team accompanied him on the last several months of this journey to womanhood. Kristine's quest is uncommon, but the desire to shape his destiny is not, in an age when one's identity is no longer simply a matter of fate but how much one believes in the power of transformation.
Along the way, Howie and his team meet other "transpinays" who offer hints of Kristine's possible future: Barbie, who is happily married as a woman; and Eddie, who lost both his sex drive and his lover after losing his penis.
Before the final decision, Kristine must undergo a psychological test to determine if he is truly prepared for the irreversible operation.
Directors: Auraeus Solito, Nowell Cuanang, Jazel Kristin Villamarin
Executive Producer/Writer: Nowell Cuanang
Researcher: Cris Sto. Domingo
Edit Supervisor: Jazel Kristin Villamarin
HOST: Howie Severino
TRAILER: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLiKQ4kwFP8
DON'T ENGLISH ME
While riding around on his bike Bughaw, Howie Severino assesses the quality of English in the streets of Manila – noting numerous misspellings on signs, the ignorance of students, and even grammatical mistakes engraved in the monument to a journalism icon.
He later learns that this sordid state of communication reflects a general decline in education, exemplified by an elementary school student named Jayson who managed to reach grade six without learning how to read despite parents who sell books and magazines for a living.
Howie delves into the debate about the causes of this decline, dwelling on the role of language. He meets a legislator who blames the use of Filipino as a medium of instruction and wants a new emphasis on the use of English.
Language experts at the University of the Philippines believe that learning is most effective using a student’s mother tongue.
Howie’s documentary team travels in search of multi-language education in action and finds an example in remote Lubuagan, Kalinga province, where students are taught in their native tongue and score much higher in standardized tests than their counterparts in more traditional schools.
Director/Edit Supervisor/2nd Camera: Jazel Kristin Villamarin
Executive Producer/Writer: Nowell Cuanang
Researcher: Cris Sto. Domingo
Host: Howie Severino
TRAILER: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1rFhJ0HwWU
He later learns that this sordid state of communication reflects a general decline in education, exemplified by an elementary school student named Jayson who managed to reach grade six without learning how to read despite parents who sell books and magazines for a living.
Howie delves into the debate about the causes of this decline, dwelling on the role of language. He meets a legislator who blames the use of Filipino as a medium of instruction and wants a new emphasis on the use of English.
Language experts at the University of the Philippines believe that learning is most effective using a student’s mother tongue.
Howie’s documentary team travels in search of multi-language education in action and finds an example in remote Lubuagan, Kalinga province, where students are taught in their native tongue and score much higher in standardized tests than their counterparts in more traditional schools.
Director/Edit Supervisor/2nd Camera: Jazel Kristin Villamarin
Executive Producer/Writer: Nowell Cuanang
Researcher: Cris Sto. Domingo
Host: Howie Severino
TRAILER: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1rFhJ0HwWU
THE SECRETS OF QUIAPO (Mga Lihim ng Quiapo)
Four corners. Four illicit trades. Four discreet transactions.
In the east, men engaged in the flesh trade await customers ready to pay them in exchange for sex. In the south, vendors secretly sell abortive pills for would-be mothers who are not yet ready to conceive children. In the west, robbers and snatchers observe and tail possible victims. In the north, operators and vendors thrive in selling pirated DVDs in a guerrilla-like market.
Numerous modi operandi. Different characters. Yet their lives revolve in just one place – the Quiapo Church .
Every day, thousands of Filipinos troop to the busiest Church in the country to offer their prayers. Yet despite being the bastion of Catholicism in Manila , its four corners are filled with illegalities that undermine the Church’s sanctity and challenge the power of the authorities day after day.
Director/Edit Supervisor/2nd Camera: Jazel Kristin Villamarin
Executive Producer: Johnson Tam
Researchers: Cris Sto.Domingo, Lara Queano
Host: Howie Severino
TRAILER: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmpJ2k3RJxE
In the east, men engaged in the flesh trade await customers ready to pay them in exchange for sex. In the south, vendors secretly sell abortive pills for would-be mothers who are not yet ready to conceive children. In the west, robbers and snatchers observe and tail possible victims. In the north, operators and vendors thrive in selling pirated DVDs in a guerrilla-like market.
Numerous modi operandi. Different characters. Yet their lives revolve in just one place – the Quiapo Church .
Every day, thousands of Filipinos troop to the busiest Church in the country to offer their prayers. Yet despite being the bastion of Catholicism in Manila , its four corners are filled with illegalities that undermine the Church’s sanctity and challenge the power of the authorities day after day.
Director/Edit Supervisor/2nd Camera: Jazel Kristin Villamarin
Executive Producer: Johnson Tam
Researchers: Cris Sto.Domingo, Lara Queano
Host: Howie Severino
TRAILER: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmpJ2k3RJxE
TATLONG PASADA
More than six decades have passed since the jeepney, a World War 2 leftover vehicle, was modified into a public transport. The jeepney’s robust built and dependability propelled it to the status of being the Philippine’s national transport, a symbol of our culture and ingenuity.
But due to lack of technological innovation, jeepneys are now deemed highly inferior to the trains of the railway transport system. The LTFRB even announced recently that the number of jeepneys in Metro Manila will be lessened significantly. Is this the start of the jeepney’s eventual demise?
In his first documentary for I-Witness, GMA Senior Reporter and award-winning director Cesar Apolinario joins three charming jeepney drivers as they traverse through the busy roads of Luzon and tell amusing stories about life in the fast lane.
Director/Edit Supervisor/2nd Camera: Jazel Kristin Villamarin
Executive Producer: Nowell Cuanang
Researcher: Cris Sto. Domingo
Cameraman: Jojo Natividad
Host/Writer: Cesar Apolinario
TRAILER: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECajZFE6DwI
But due to lack of technological innovation, jeepneys are now deemed highly inferior to the trains of the railway transport system. The LTFRB even announced recently that the number of jeepneys in Metro Manila will be lessened significantly. Is this the start of the jeepney’s eventual demise?
In his first documentary for I-Witness, GMA Senior Reporter and award-winning director Cesar Apolinario joins three charming jeepney drivers as they traverse through the busy roads of Luzon and tell amusing stories about life in the fast lane.
Director/Edit Supervisor/2nd Camera: Jazel Kristin Villamarin
Executive Producer: Nowell Cuanang
Researcher: Cris Sto. Domingo
Cameraman: Jojo Natividad
Host/Writer: Cesar Apolinario
TRAILER: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECajZFE6DwI
BOULDER BOYS
A tale of heart-breaking friendship amidst hard labor
In the desert-like landscape left by lahar from Mount Pinatubo, young teenage boys dig out big rocks and carry them to common piles for sale to greedy traders. This livelihood they call "boulders" is back-breaking work under a scorching sun. But it is just one element that knits together this close group of friends, each of whom has a heart-breaking tale.
John Paul, the mature and stoic leader named after a pope, just dropped out of school to work full time to help his large family. His father is a drunk, his older brother a special child. Ariel is the lone Ayta, who has found a barkada that accepts him and will defend him from other teens who look down on natives. Alvin was victimized by polio and can barely lift any rocks, but he weaves his bike daily among the speeding quarrying trucks to collect food from their families and deliver the group's lunch. Raymart is the fighter, made sullen by his father's recent abandonment. They call themselves 3 Stars, after the three barangays from which they hail.
I-Witness shadows this motley crew in the barren river valley nicknamed Pasig where they spend speechless hours straining their young bodies for a pittance. But the cameras are present as well when they shed their grimness and jump happily into a local watering hole, gel their hair and attend a Valentine's Day dance, and exhibit their love for basketball.
In the end it's still the rocks that bind them. The camera trails them back to the valley where they wait patiently for the tardy truck that will haul away the weighty fruits of their labor. When the truck finally comes, they engage in yet another common, back-breaking ritual -- loading. This is when John Paul notices something amiss, a dreadful realization after all their hard work. Like nearly everything in their hard-luck lives, they face this misfortune with an admirable acceptance.
Director/Edit Supervisor/2nd Camera: Jazel Kristin Villamarin
Executive Producer: Nowell Cuanang
Researcher: Cris Sto. Domingo
Camera: Jayson Dimbla
Host/Writer: Howie Severino
VIDEO LINK: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNVi5pIVuzw
In the desert-like landscape left by lahar from Mount Pinatubo, young teenage boys dig out big rocks and carry them to common piles for sale to greedy traders. This livelihood they call "boulders" is back-breaking work under a scorching sun. But it is just one element that knits together this close group of friends, each of whom has a heart-breaking tale.
John Paul, the mature and stoic leader named after a pope, just dropped out of school to work full time to help his large family. His father is a drunk, his older brother a special child. Ariel is the lone Ayta, who has found a barkada that accepts him and will defend him from other teens who look down on natives. Alvin was victimized by polio and can barely lift any rocks, but he weaves his bike daily among the speeding quarrying trucks to collect food from their families and deliver the group's lunch. Raymart is the fighter, made sullen by his father's recent abandonment. They call themselves 3 Stars, after the three barangays from which they hail.
I-Witness shadows this motley crew in the barren river valley nicknamed Pasig where they spend speechless hours straining their young bodies for a pittance. But the cameras are present as well when they shed their grimness and jump happily into a local watering hole, gel their hair and attend a Valentine's Day dance, and exhibit their love for basketball.
In the end it's still the rocks that bind them. The camera trails them back to the valley where they wait patiently for the tardy truck that will haul away the weighty fruits of their labor. When the truck finally comes, they engage in yet another common, back-breaking ritual -- loading. This is when John Paul notices something amiss, a dreadful realization after all their hard work. Like nearly everything in their hard-luck lives, they face this misfortune with an admirable acceptance.
Director/Edit Supervisor/2nd Camera: Jazel Kristin Villamarin
Executive Producer: Nowell Cuanang
Researcher: Cris Sto. Domingo
Camera: Jayson Dimbla
Host/Writer: Howie Severino
VIDEO LINK: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNVi5pIVuzw
BYE BYE BIRDIE
Fish nets are designed to catch fish. But in the cold mountain passes of northern Luzon, in the darkest of nights, fish nets sweep the air to catch wild birds in a local tradition called akik, which has long been declared illegal. Some of the birds are colorful and uncommon, but nearly all are eaten, despite warnings that migratory birds could be vehicles for bird flu.
Howie Severino and his team of adventure-seeking documentarists hang out with these native bird trappers and try to understand their rugged culture and raw motivations. These trappers love their catch in the way of hungry hunters. With clinical ruthlessness, they kill captured small birds by bashing their heads against a wall.
Accompanying the documentarists on their journey are two passionate bird watchers, artist Arnel Telesforo and bird guide Nicky Icarangal, who show their love for birds by admiring them from afar. Observing the akik, they struggle to come to terms with the harsh treatment of their feathered friends, and remind viewers that the Filipino's relationship with the wild is changing.
Howie and his team also venture with Arnel to Balanga, Bataan where wild migratory birds in the thousands are not harmed. Rather, in the bright morning sun, they are counted, recorded, and photographed by Arnel and friends with tender loving care.
This story set in both night and day encompasses both the ruthless force of human need and the redemptive power of compassion.
The documentary ends with a stark choice facing the documentarists: do they remain detached observers of every-day slaughter or do they cross the line to extend innocent life?
Director/2nd Cam/Edit Supervisor: Jazel Kristin Villamarin
Executive producer: Nowell Cuanang
Cameraman: Egay Navarro
Researcher: Cris S. Sto. Domingo
Host/Writer: Howie G. Severino
VIDEO TRAILER: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gFeDdo8V1Y
Howie Severino and his team of adventure-seeking documentarists hang out with these native bird trappers and try to understand their rugged culture and raw motivations. These trappers love their catch in the way of hungry hunters. With clinical ruthlessness, they kill captured small birds by bashing their heads against a wall.
Accompanying the documentarists on their journey are two passionate bird watchers, artist Arnel Telesforo and bird guide Nicky Icarangal, who show their love for birds by admiring them from afar. Observing the akik, they struggle to come to terms with the harsh treatment of their feathered friends, and remind viewers that the Filipino's relationship with the wild is changing.
Howie and his team also venture with Arnel to Balanga, Bataan where wild migratory birds in the thousands are not harmed. Rather, in the bright morning sun, they are counted, recorded, and photographed by Arnel and friends with tender loving care.
This story set in both night and day encompasses both the ruthless force of human need and the redemptive power of compassion.
The documentary ends with a stark choice facing the documentarists: do they remain detached observers of every-day slaughter or do they cross the line to extend innocent life?
Director/2nd Cam/Edit Supervisor: Jazel Kristin Villamarin
Executive producer: Nowell Cuanang
Cameraman: Egay Navarro
Researcher: Cris S. Sto. Domingo
Host/Writer: Howie G. Severino
VIDEO TRAILER: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gFeDdo8V1Y
DI NAGPATALO: a documentary about underdogs
Aired on December 29, 2008
I-Witness viewers often ask whatever happened to some of the more intriguing characters they saw on the country's longest-running documentary program.
In their year-end episode, Howie Severino and his intrepid team revisit several of these characters, underdogs all. One of them is literally a dog, Habagat, a talented canine made famous by its even more talented master, an illiterate old man who makes a living on the streets of Manila. He does shows with Habagat for passersby who stop dead in their tracks to watch a dog that can count, add, and high-five with anyone who will part with a coin.
I-Witness viewers often ask whatever happened to some of the more intriguing characters they saw on the country's longest-running documentary program.
In their year-end episode, Howie Severino and his intrepid team revisit several of these characters, underdogs all. One of them is literally a dog, Habagat, a talented canine made famous by its even more talented master, an illiterate old man who makes a living on the streets of Manila. He does shows with Habagat for passersby who stop dead in their tracks to watch a dog that can count, add, and high-five with anyone who will part with a coin.
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Howie also gets a poignant update on old friend Perry Berry, a charismatic dwarf who left his job as a preacher and is now searching for a job. He manages to find a gig as a human washing machine on a comedy show. But his biggest pride is still his youngest child Josephine who has not let her dwarfism stop her from becoming class president.
Perhaps the most uplifting story is about the blind twins whom Howie met last year at a pre-school for the blind. They are now in grade one in a regular school where all of their classmates are sighted. They somehow manage to fit in, and even excel, despite being at a deep disadvantage.
In a surprise twist, Howie describes his own experience this year with disability and underdoggism -- he suffered a temporary facial paralysis that distorted his face, slurred his speech, made food fall out of his mouth, and forced him to wear an eye patch for weeks. Although he is nearly back to normal, the experience left him with a fresh appreciation for the gift of physical normalcy and an even deeper respect for those who are able to overcome permanent disadvantage to pursue their dreams.
Director: Jazel Kristin Villamarin
Camera: Egay Navarro
Executive producer: Noi Cuanang
Researcher: Cris Sto. Domingo
Writer and on-cam guide: Howie Severino
Perhaps the most uplifting story is about the blind twins whom Howie met last year at a pre-school for the blind. They are now in grade one in a regular school where all of their classmates are sighted. They somehow manage to fit in, and even excel, despite being at a deep disadvantage.
In a surprise twist, Howie describes his own experience this year with disability and underdoggism -- he suffered a temporary facial paralysis that distorted his face, slurred his speech, made food fall out of his mouth, and forced him to wear an eye patch for weeks. Although he is nearly back to normal, the experience left him with a fresh appreciation for the gift of physical normalcy and an even deeper respect for those who are able to overcome permanent disadvantage to pursue their dreams.
Director: Jazel Kristin Villamarin
Camera: Egay Navarro
Executive producer: Noi Cuanang
Researcher: Cris Sto. Domingo
Writer and on-cam guide: Howie Severino
NO MAN'S LAND - a battle over paradise
For three generations, a close-knit clan of fisherfolk have claimed the tiny, white-fringed islet of Mantigue in Camiguin province as their home -- a prized piece of real estate in the tourism economy. Now the government wants it back and return the island to its natural state for day visitors to enjoy.
The effort of local officials to relocate the residents, including a mass arrest of the entire island population, has bitterly divided the community. Eerily evoking the group dynamics of the popular TV program Survivor, but with much higher stakes, family members threaten and back-stab each other over the wrenching decision to leave or fight for a slice of paradise.
At the center of the conflict is the tormented Romulo, who has finally decided to accept the government's resettlement offer and urge his neighbors to do the same. The rest of the clan, including his cousins and siblings, accuse him of treachery and try to discredit him.
Howie Severino and his team camp out on the islet and explore its hidden natural treasures, even scuba diving at night to accompany spear fishermen hunting precious food fish. They also see how the intensifying planetary choices between people and nature play out in a
very small space.
Director/Edit Supervisor/2nd Camera: Jazel Kristin Villamarin
Executive Producer: Noi Cuanang
Writer/host: Howie Severino
Videographer: Egay Navarro
Underwater Videographer: Ding Cabreira
Dive master: Fra Quimpo
The effort of local officials to relocate the residents, including a mass arrest of the entire island population, has bitterly divided the community. Eerily evoking the group dynamics of the popular TV program Survivor, but with much higher stakes, family members threaten and back-stab each other over the wrenching decision to leave or fight for a slice of paradise.
At the center of the conflict is the tormented Romulo, who has finally decided to accept the government's resettlement offer and urge his neighbors to do the same. The rest of the clan, including his cousins and siblings, accuse him of treachery and try to discredit him.
Howie Severino and his team camp out on the islet and explore its hidden natural treasures, even scuba diving at night to accompany spear fishermen hunting precious food fish. They also see how the intensifying planetary choices between people and nature play out in a
very small space.
Director/Edit Supervisor/2nd Camera: Jazel Kristin Villamarin
Executive Producer: Noi Cuanang
Writer/host: Howie Severino
Videographer: Egay Navarro
Underwater Videographer: Ding Cabreira
Dive master: Fra Quimpo
PAPA, PAPA, WHERE DO KIDS COME FROM? (Papa, papa, paano ako ginawa?)
Most parents go through an awkward stage when they need to try to explain sexuality to their children. Howie Severino is entering that stage now with his curious six-year-old son Alon, who has been asking how and when he will get either a brother or a sister.
That innocent query begins Howie's search for a way to answer a child's vital questions. The search takes him to a bishop, a teacher, a youth advocate, a lawyer, a health worker, and other young kids -- but also to discoveries about the state of sexuality education in the Philippines. He brings Alon to a progressive school where gender
issues are openly discussed with small children, and to a kids workshop in Malabon on gender and sexuality where even pre-teens are introduced to ways of protecting themselves against sexually transmitted disease.
It is the same place in Malabon where Howie returns to learn about widespread youth problems that advocates say are borne out of inadequate information about sexuality: irresponsible sexual practices, the alarming spread of gonorrhea, teen pregnancies. Howie meets earnest youth advocate Kiko who overcomes taboos to talk to
teens about knowing their bodies, the proper use of condoms, and identifying disgusting diseases contracted through sex.
Debate is raging now in Congress over the future of sex education. But the real battleground may be in places like Malabon where the stakes are life and death, and the future of its young residents.
Director/Edit Supervisor/2nd Camera: Jazel Kristin Villamarin
Executive Producer: Nowell Cuanang
Researcher: Cris Sto. Domingo
Cameraman: Egay Navarro
Host/Writer: Howie Severino
VIDEO LINK: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7txUOXUBJE
That innocent query begins Howie's search for a way to answer a child's vital questions. The search takes him to a bishop, a teacher, a youth advocate, a lawyer, a health worker, and other young kids -- but also to discoveries about the state of sexuality education in the Philippines. He brings Alon to a progressive school where gender
issues are openly discussed with small children, and to a kids workshop in Malabon on gender and sexuality where even pre-teens are introduced to ways of protecting themselves against sexually transmitted disease.
It is the same place in Malabon where Howie returns to learn about widespread youth problems that advocates say are borne out of inadequate information about sexuality: irresponsible sexual practices, the alarming spread of gonorrhea, teen pregnancies. Howie meets earnest youth advocate Kiko who overcomes taboos to talk to
teens about knowing their bodies, the proper use of condoms, and identifying disgusting diseases contracted through sex.
Debate is raging now in Congress over the future of sex education. But the real battleground may be in places like Malabon where the stakes are life and death, and the future of its young residents.
Director/Edit Supervisor/2nd Camera: Jazel Kristin Villamarin
Executive Producer: Nowell Cuanang
Researcher: Cris Sto. Domingo
Cameraman: Egay Navarro
Host/Writer: Howie Severino
VIDEO LINK: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7txUOXUBJE
THE LEGEND OF THE WHITE MANGYAN
Aired on January 28, 2008
Howie Severino travels to Mindoro to investigate the legend of "lost tisoys," a tribe of Mangyans called Olandes, mountain people in Mindoro descended from shipwrecked Dutch sailors.
Various people give conflicting accounts, including a scholar who proclaims that the "white Mangyans" are a myth, along with other popular beliefs such as Mangyans with tails.
But are the white Mangyans really a myth? In the remote town of Bait, Howie is told of Mangyan tisoys in the local high school. He finds them there and learns they come from a mountain village called Panaytayan.
But what follows is not what he expected.
Descending not from Dutch sailors from centuries ago, the tisoys are four children of a Dutch priest who married a Mangyan and has lived in splendid isolation for four decades. He is now among the foremost experts on Mangyan culture. In the village, he has set up institutions designed to teach and preserve ancient tribal practices such as the script, music, and weaving.
His daughter Anya is a 23-year-old tisay who proudly calls herself a Mangyan and is following her father's footsteps in championing the Mangyan while presenting a new face of the tribe to the outside world.
She accompanies her bahag-clad, betel-chewing uncle Anheng as he ventures down the mountain to town, faces of the old and the new Mangyan. As Anya and her siblings age and produce families of their own, the myth of the Olandes village may yet become a reality.
Director: Jazel Kristin Villamarin
Executive Producer: Rommel Bernardo
Cameraman: Egay Navarro
Host/Writer: Howie Severino
Howie Severino travels to Mindoro to investigate the legend of "lost tisoys," a tribe of Mangyans called Olandes, mountain people in Mindoro descended from shipwrecked Dutch sailors.
Various people give conflicting accounts, including a scholar who proclaims that the "white Mangyans" are a myth, along with other popular beliefs such as Mangyans with tails.
But are the white Mangyans really a myth? In the remote town of Bait, Howie is told of Mangyan tisoys in the local high school. He finds them there and learns they come from a mountain village called Panaytayan.
But what follows is not what he expected.
Descending not from Dutch sailors from centuries ago, the tisoys are four children of a Dutch priest who married a Mangyan and has lived in splendid isolation for four decades. He is now among the foremost experts on Mangyan culture. In the village, he has set up institutions designed to teach and preserve ancient tribal practices such as the script, music, and weaving.
His daughter Anya is a 23-year-old tisay who proudly calls herself a Mangyan and is following her father's footsteps in championing the Mangyan while presenting a new face of the tribe to the outside world.
She accompanies her bahag-clad, betel-chewing uncle Anheng as he ventures down the mountain to town, faces of the old and the new Mangyan. As Anya and her siblings age and produce families of their own, the myth of the Olandes village may yet become a reality.
Director: Jazel Kristin Villamarin
Executive Producer: Rommel Bernardo
Cameraman: Egay Navarro
Host/Writer: Howie Severino
BLIND CHILD: a documentary about children striving to see without eyes.
To the public, the blind are mostly adults who have niche jobs like massage therapy and music. But where are the blind children?
They are usually with their mothers, who serve as their eyes while they learn to use their other senses to make sense of the world.
Howie Severino shadows several blind preschoolers whose parents must come to terms with the commitment and the sacrifices of raising children who cannot see.
He observes their interactions with the sighted world as they commute to school, wander their neighborhoods, and visit the Museo Pambata.
Howie stumbles upon the subject by chance when he meets Aleeia, a talkative five year old who introduces him to a new way of perceiving. He finds out Aleeia goes to a unique school in Cubao that teaches computers for the blind but also instructs parents that their children can eventually go to regular schools and grow up to be normal.
They are usually with their mothers, who serve as their eyes while they learn to use their other senses to make sense of the world.
Howie Severino shadows several blind preschoolers whose parents must come to terms with the commitment and the sacrifices of raising children who cannot see.
He observes their interactions with the sighted world as they commute to school, wander their neighborhoods, and visit the Museo Pambata.
Howie stumbles upon the subject by chance when he meets Aleeia, a talkative five year old who introduces him to a new way of perceiving. He finds out Aleeia goes to a unique school in Cubao that teaches computers for the blind but also instructs parents that their children can eventually go to regular schools and grow up to be normal.
LAST HURRAH (Huling Hala Bira)
The last days of home under the tracks
As far as squatter conditions go, Jojo Paragas has few complaints. He has nice neighbors, a riverside view, and safety from flooding. As a trolley boy, the happy-go-lucky Jojo lives with his family close to work – right under the tracks, at the
point where the railroad’s steel bridge over the Pasig River meets land.
Unique among the thousands in Manila who live dangerously near the railroad, Jojo’s family and a few neighbors can see the underbelly of passing trains from their homes. For them, the thunderous noise and violent shaking are a small price to pay for the benefits of their location.
As far as squatter conditions go, Jojo Paragas has few complaints. He has nice neighbors, a riverside view, and safety from flooding. As a trolley boy, the happy-go-lucky Jojo lives with his family close to work – right under the tracks, at the
point where the railroad’s steel bridge over the Pasig River meets land.
Unique among the thousands in Manila who live dangerously near the railroad, Jojo’s family and a few neighbors can see the underbelly of passing trains from their homes. For them, the thunderous noise and violent shaking are a small price to pay for the benefits of their location.
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The documentary opens as their barangay is happily preparing for the annual fiesta, a raucous event inspired by the Ati-Atihan in Aklan where most residents are from.
For Jojo and his "under-the-tracks" neighbors, it is also a bittersweet time, for it will likely be their last fiesta in these parts. They have received their notice of demolition from the government, which intends to upgrade the railroad. The fiesta provides a reprieve.
But after it, their fate is in the hands of the authorities and perhaps their feisty neighbor Aling Adel, a widow and ihaw vendor who has assumed the role of leader in their quixotic fight against dislocation from a community they have come to love. She takes their fight all the way to Manila Mayor Lito Atienza.
Director/2nd Camera/Edit Supervisor: Jazel Kristin Villamarin
Executive Producer: Ella Evangelista
Cinematographer: Egay Navarro
Writer and program host: Howie Severino
Field Producer: Mavie Almeda
Researcher: Liezl Mendoza
Production Coordinator: Chelsea Sombillo
Script Editor: Elmer Gatchalian
Our documentary was named runner-up in an international media competition co-sponsored by the United Nations and the Asian Development Bank for stories that "hold governments accountable to the pledges they made in the Millennium Declaration, the pledge to free the world from the dehumanizing condition of poverty, hunger and illiteracy." More than a hundred entries from 23 countries entered the competition.
Huling Hala Bira profiles several individualsliving under the rail tracks in Pandacan, Manila as they face their impending eviction and lobby the government for decent housing.
For Jojo and his "under-the-tracks" neighbors, it is also a bittersweet time, for it will likely be their last fiesta in these parts. They have received their notice of demolition from the government, which intends to upgrade the railroad. The fiesta provides a reprieve.
But after it, their fate is in the hands of the authorities and perhaps their feisty neighbor Aling Adel, a widow and ihaw vendor who has assumed the role of leader in their quixotic fight against dislocation from a community they have come to love. She takes their fight all the way to Manila Mayor Lito Atienza.
Director/2nd Camera/Edit Supervisor: Jazel Kristin Villamarin
Executive Producer: Ella Evangelista
Cinematographer: Egay Navarro
Writer and program host: Howie Severino
Field Producer: Mavie Almeda
Researcher: Liezl Mendoza
Production Coordinator: Chelsea Sombillo
Script Editor: Elmer Gatchalian
Our documentary was named runner-up in an international media competition co-sponsored by the United Nations and the Asian Development Bank for stories that "hold governments accountable to the pledges they made in the Millennium Declaration, the pledge to free the world from the dehumanizing condition of poverty, hunger and illiteracy." More than a hundred entries from 23 countries entered the competition.
Huling Hala Bira profiles several individualsliving under the rail tracks in Pandacan, Manila as they face their impending eviction and lobby the government for decent housing.
SELECTED SPECIAL PROJECTS
NEWSMAKERS: 5 PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT'S documentary
After decades of unforgettable news-making spanning five presidencies, GMA News unmasks the untold stories behind major events, stories, and the most influential names that shaped the nation — Marcos, Aquino, Ramos, Estrada, and Arroyo. Taking starkly different paths to power, they all ended up in Malacañang.
GMA News reviews its most unforgettable coverage and takes a closer look into the persona of these unique individuals who held the country’s fate in their hands. Before finding themselves in the seat of power, these men and women were ordinary citizens like everyone else. Each was propelled into the spotlight when they rose to power, made headlines and caught their own share of controversies.
Last September 28, 2008, for the first time on Philippine television, all former presidents appeared on the same program with the incumbent talking about how they shaped history. Get to know better the Philippines’ top newsmakers with the country’s leading news department.
A first in local TV history, the four living presidents and a former first lady appear in exclusive, one-on-one interviews with the five pillars of GMA News, namely, Jessica Soho, Mike Enriquez, Mel Tiangco, Arnold Clavio, and Vicky Morales, for an unprecedented and memorable coverage
CO-DIRECTOR & EDIT SUPERVISOR
LINK to the teaser
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jj4UrN-Dejo
GMA News reviews its most unforgettable coverage and takes a closer look into the persona of these unique individuals who held the country’s fate in their hands. Before finding themselves in the seat of power, these men and women were ordinary citizens like everyone else. Each was propelled into the spotlight when they rose to power, made headlines and caught their own share of controversies.
Last September 28, 2008, for the first time on Philippine television, all former presidents appeared on the same program with the incumbent talking about how they shaped history. Get to know better the Philippines’ top newsmakers with the country’s leading news department.
A first in local TV history, the four living presidents and a former first lady appear in exclusive, one-on-one interviews with the five pillars of GMA News, namely, Jessica Soho, Mike Enriquez, Mel Tiangco, Arnold Clavio, and Vicky Morales, for an unprecedented and memorable coverage
CO-DIRECTOR & EDIT SUPERVISOR
LINK to the teaser
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jj4UrN-Dejo
SIGNOS: CLIMATE CHANGE DOCUMENTARY
Global warming is one of the most serious threats the world faces today. The warning signs are present, even in the Philippines. Drought is felt during the rainy season and typhoons strike in the summer months. Sea water level is on the rise and more areas experience flooding. These are only some of the symptoms of a serious and growing global phenomenon: climate change. This environmental crisis puts the lives of millions at risk, hitting the poor countries hardest.
In response to the call for environmental awareness, GMA Public Affairs produced Signos (Fatal Signs). Narrated by Greenpeace advocate Richard Gutierrez, Signos brings the concept of climate change closer to home through a nationwide investigation of its manifestations.
To provide the most in-depth report, Signos brings together scientists from local and international institutions, including Filipino NASA Senior Research Scientist Dr. Josefino Comiso, experts from the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Marine Science Institute, Greenpeace, and World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), and other climate change experts.
FIELD PRODUCER & segment EDIT SUPERVISOR
LINK:
http://blogs.gmanews.tv/signos/
In response to the call for environmental awareness, GMA Public Affairs produced Signos (Fatal Signs). Narrated by Greenpeace advocate Richard Gutierrez, Signos brings the concept of climate change closer to home through a nationwide investigation of its manifestations.
To provide the most in-depth report, Signos brings together scientists from local and international institutions, including Filipino NASA Senior Research Scientist Dr. Josefino Comiso, experts from the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Marine Science Institute, Greenpeace, and World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), and other climate change experts.
FIELD PRODUCER & segment EDIT SUPERVISOR
LINK:
http://blogs.gmanews.tv/signos/
AFFILIATIONS
GMA-7
GMA Network, Inc. is the leading free-to-air media broadcasting company in the Philippines. It is principally engaged in television and radio broadcasting, production of television programs for domestic and international audiences and other related businesses.
GMA-7 has played a major role in revolutionizing Philippine television by providing many of the most innovative and trendsetting shows in the country. Its programs boast of the best artists in Philippine entertainment as well as the most respected personalities in the field of news and public affairs.
LINK: www.gmanews.tv
GMA-7 has played a major role in revolutionizing Philippine television by providing many of the most innovative and trendsetting shows in the country. Its programs boast of the best artists in Philippine entertainment as well as the most respected personalities in the field of news and public affairs.
LINK: www.gmanews.tv
I-WITNESS
In 1999, I-Witness became the country’s first full-length documentary program, showing an hour of non-fiction story-telling on a single topic. From its previous confinement in the Philippines to select movie theaters and universities, the documentary format moved to salas and bedrooms anywhere there was a television. This was several years before the documentary’s current international heyday. Back then, it was a gamble by the network and a test of the viewing audience’s patience and concentration.
Today the show that wasn’t expected to last is one of the longest running public affairs shows on Philippine television, the highest rating late night public affairs program as well as the most internationally awarded show in the country.
The success of I-Witness reflects changes in the viewing public. Defying expectations, many TV viewers have become more discerning, able to follow lengthy stories that are not about celebrities. In a culture notorious for an MTV attention span, an appreciation for documentaries represents a refreshing counterculture.
I-Witness has won a George Foster Peabody Award, New York Festival Gold and Silver Medals, US International Film and Video Festival Medals, the Best Social Awareness Program Award from the Asian TV Awards, the ABU-CASBAA Unicef Child Rights Award for Best Television Report on Children, among many other international and local awards. In 2007, host Howie Severino won the Rotary Journalist Hall of Fame Award while host Kara David was chosen as one of the Ten Outstanding Young Men and Women of the year; both were recognized because of their work on I-Witness.
HOWIE SEVERINO: http://blogs.gmanews.tv/sidetrip/blog/
Today the show that wasn’t expected to last is one of the longest running public affairs shows on Philippine television, the highest rating late night public affairs program as well as the most internationally awarded show in the country.
The success of I-Witness reflects changes in the viewing public. Defying expectations, many TV viewers have become more discerning, able to follow lengthy stories that are not about celebrities. In a culture notorious for an MTV attention span, an appreciation for documentaries represents a refreshing counterculture.
I-Witness has won a George Foster Peabody Award, New York Festival Gold and Silver Medals, US International Film and Video Festival Medals, the Best Social Awareness Program Award from the Asian TV Awards, the ABU-CASBAA Unicef Child Rights Award for Best Television Report on Children, among many other international and local awards. In 2007, host Howie Severino won the Rotary Journalist Hall of Fame Award while host Kara David was chosen as one of the Ten Outstanding Young Men and Women of the year; both were recognized because of their work on I-Witness.
HOWIE SEVERINO: http://blogs.gmanews.tv/sidetrip/blog/
PROBE PRODUCTIONS, INC.
Probe Productions, Inc. (PPI) is an independent media production house and is the producer of award-winning programs such as the “The Probe Team,”“Gameplan,” “5 and Up,” “Cheche Lazaro Presents,” and “Art Is Kool.” These programs earned critical acclaim for its depth, balance and high production values in both local and international competitions.
PPI’s story is rooted in the history of the Philippines. The People Power Revolution of 1986 had just returned ownership of media to the private sector after being controlled by the Marcos dictatorship for almost two decades. Without government censorship & reprisals, the time was ripe for bold innovations in television programming. But despite the conducive climate, the concern of network executives to grab audience share and to please advertisers overrode efforts to depart from formula and “safe” reporting. It would take a maverick bunch to prove that Filipinos were ready, indeed clamoring, for substance in news and public affairs programming.
Convinced that Filipinos need more than just the news, four pioneering journalists – Cheche Lazaro, Maria Ressa, Luchi Cruz-Valdez, and Angie Ramos – adopted the investigative newsmagazine format and called the television program Probe. The project, which was first broadcast over ABS-CBN, turned out to be the country’s first, most awarded and longest-running, investigative newsmagazine show.
To make investigative pieces a main fixture in Philippine television, the group put up its own production house in 1987 and continued with what it started. Operating from a small bedroom, the show’s one-hour reports were broadcast as monthly specials by a new television station -- GMA Broadcasting Network. After the third telecast, in response to enthusiastic reviews, GMA gave The Probe Team a weekly slot. The first weekly telecast began in May 1988.
The rest they say is history.
LINK: http://www.probetv.com/
PPI’s story is rooted in the history of the Philippines. The People Power Revolution of 1986 had just returned ownership of media to the private sector after being controlled by the Marcos dictatorship for almost two decades. Without government censorship & reprisals, the time was ripe for bold innovations in television programming. But despite the conducive climate, the concern of network executives to grab audience share and to please advertisers overrode efforts to depart from formula and “safe” reporting. It would take a maverick bunch to prove that Filipinos were ready, indeed clamoring, for substance in news and public affairs programming.
Convinced that Filipinos need more than just the news, four pioneering journalists – Cheche Lazaro, Maria Ressa, Luchi Cruz-Valdez, and Angie Ramos – adopted the investigative newsmagazine format and called the television program Probe. The project, which was first broadcast over ABS-CBN, turned out to be the country’s first, most awarded and longest-running, investigative newsmagazine show.
To make investigative pieces a main fixture in Philippine television, the group put up its own production house in 1987 and continued with what it started. Operating from a small bedroom, the show’s one-hour reports were broadcast as monthly specials by a new television station -- GMA Broadcasting Network. After the third telecast, in response to enthusiastic reviews, GMA gave The Probe Team a weekly slot. The first weekly telecast began in May 1988.
The rest they say is history.
LINK: http://www.probetv.com/
PROBE MEDIA FOUNDATION
IMAGING-THE- MEKONG
Filmmakers and television journalists from Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam participate in an annual media fellowship that provides them with opportunities to create stories examining cross-border issues in the Mekong region. These documentaries and reports are products of the Fellowship that has been running since 2002.
Filmmakers and television journalists from Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam participate in an annual media fellowship that provides them with opportunities to create stories examining cross-border issues in the Mekong region. These documentaries and reports are products of the Fellowship that has been running since 2002.
DED (German Development Service)
The development service of the Federal Republic of Germany for personnel cooperation.
DED support local partners by making available committed expatriate personnel. The agency was founded in 1963. Presently, DED is active in 45 developing countries worldwide with almost 1,000 professionals. DED started working in the Philippines in 1991. About 35 European professionals are currently assigned in the Philippines. The main areas of activity are the Visayas and Mindanao regions.
DED documentary films are used to portray selected projects and focus on development cooperation at the grass roots level. Featuring technical aspects of the project, the films tell personal stories mainly about the DED partner organization, but also about the committed DED expert in the field.
LINK: http://philippines.ded.de/
DED support local partners by making available committed expatriate personnel. The agency was founded in 1963. Presently, DED is active in 45 developing countries worldwide with almost 1,000 professionals. DED started working in the Philippines in 1991. About 35 European professionals are currently assigned in the Philippines. The main areas of activity are the Visayas and Mindanao regions.
DED documentary films are used to portray selected projects and focus on development cooperation at the grass roots level. Featuring technical aspects of the project, the films tell personal stories mainly about the DED partner organization, but also about the committed DED expert in the field.
LINK: http://philippines.ded.de/