Mae Paner premiered her DDS Project, Tao Po, as an entry to the 2021 Cinemalaya: Philippine Independent Film Festival.
Through the help of Democracy Discourse Series funding, Mae Paner’s team transformed her provocative play into a powerful documentary cinematic text that could potentially reach larger audience. From several immersion trips and in-depth interviews conducted by performance artist-activist Mae Paner and playwright Maynard Manansala emerge four characters, four monologues that each give a human face to the issue of extrajudicial killings (EJK). A photojournalist transformed by the brutality he witnesses while covering the tokhang beat; a Zumba instructor haunted by her husband and son, both victims of summary killings; a cop who lives the double life of law enforcer and lawless hitman; and a young girl lighting candles in the “Tokhang Wall” of a Manila cemetery as she reminisces about acquaintances and loved ones, EJK victims all.
Watch the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VijbYh_0tOY
To know more about the film, visit the Cinemalaya page: https://cinemalaya.org/tao-po/
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