Restorative and transformative narratives of communities that inspire change. Beyond the single story.
Logline: Ligaya, a filmmaker, stays with her uncle Primo in Iloilo to finish a documentary film about her roots. Her need to understand why her family in Cotabato resists her plan to marry a Muslim motivates her to seek answers from her uncle about his past life in Mindanao during the tumultuous 1970s. Unwittingly, she unravels a wartime secret.
Here’s the trailer of Pagrara Sang Patipuron, the first project that Stories Beyond finished in 2016.
Pagrara Sang Patipuron will be screened along with 4 other documentaries on March 12 at 11 AM at the SM Megamall as part of the Sinag Maynila Film Festival 2017. The film fest will run from March 9-14.
It’s a good day for Stories Beyond and for restorative narratives! Manuel Domes and Jean Claire Dy are happy to share that Pagrara Sang Patipuron was chosen as one of the top 5 finalists for the documentary competition category for Sinag Maynila Film Festival 2017.
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