Sponsors: GMA Pictures, the NYU King Juan Carlos Center, and NYSEAN

Description:

On an island in the 1950s, young Pepito assists his mother as she goes around practicing her trade as the only local midwife left in the village. He gets involved in the lives and passions of other inhabitants whose beliefs, struggles and aspirations lead him to an understanding of himself and the role he must play in the life of his fellow villagers. In a story inflected with flashes of magic realism, the remote island becomes a mirror of the wider world.

The screening is followed by a Talkback with Fiel Zabat, award-winning production designer of major works by Diaz-Abaya. Panawin curator Gil Quito, author of a biography/career survey of Diaz-Abaya, featured in the anthology Direk, winner of the Philippines’ 2020 Gintong Aklat (Golden Book) Award in the arts and humanities.

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