⊹₊ ⋆ in honor of mother’s day, i'm curating this thread with film recommendations celebrating some of my favorite mothers in philippine cinema.
most of these films are available to stream on iwanttfc, netflix, juanflix, etc. please comment/qrt more recs if you have some!
glaiza de castro as inday
liway (kip oebanda, 2018)
• a young mother uses storytelling to protect her child from the reality of growing up in person and the difficult life instead.
• https://t.co/y9ow3aGF3F
vilma santos as amanda bartolome
dekada '70 (chito s. rono, 2002)
• told through the eyes of the main female protagonist, amanda bartolome, a mother with five boys who come of age during that decade, struggling to survive in the era of dictatorship.
• https://t.co/oq5vwh4ckL
well, the result is the product of the bad volleyball program in the country
Nilaban naman talaga ng mga players but it could have been a different result if we have had a better program for the nat team
I hope they also do one where the reporter also has to carry a bag, and one where they make a person with mobility issues roam the metro. Metro Manila is so unfriendly to able-bodied pedestrians, what more to the disabled.
Pero ang hirap talaga maging beauty queen no? You can be very prepared and still fall short sa expectations ng tao because the standards are so high lalo sa Q&A. Meanwhile, you can be mediocre, avoid debates, and still be voted president.
The RULE OF LAW applies only to the poor and powerless, never to the RICH and powerful. What’s even worse is that LAWS are bent to oppress the opponents, and interpreted in creative ways to avoid prosecuting the high and mighty.
Pauline, you have been through massive transformation this season!
You fought and became your Ultimate. I hope your heart rests in the comfort that your crown is the love not only of the Boholano’s but the entire dreamers that dreamed with you.
#MissUniversePhilippines2023
“Ay, ump!” Walkable nga ba ang EDSA?
Nilakad ni @michael_delizo ang ilang spot sa EDSA para malaman ang karanasan ng mga pedestrian.
#PatrolNgPilipino
Kaugnay na balita: https://t.co/s5poIMokSa
Here are #mytwocentson this.
May mga normal na mali.
Calling it normal doesn’t make it right.
Saying that it’s wrong and refusing to call it normal is one of the ways to keep it from becoming normal.
Hindi natin mababago ang behavior ng iba.
Pero we can still say it’s wrong.
I had no doubt from the very beginning that I will be acquitted in all the cases the Duterte regime has fabricated against me based on the merits and the strength of my innocence.