MANILA, PHILIPPINES – The International Center for Peace, Reconciliation and Development (ICPRD) in partnership with the Philippine Returnees in Shishi (EARPS) UN Letron Culture & Technology Ltd. will be having a premier launch of a documentary film entitled: “IN PAGLAYAG” as an entry to the FRINGE Art Festival 2020 this February. The film showcases the voyage that highlights the lost grandeur of Sulu’s rich history. It also tells us an in depth story of the kingdom that birthed the Filipino Moro nation, and whose power gained influence even from China’s Ming Dynasty in 1400s.
The story begins from the great voyage of the Balangay with Sulu’s eastern Sultan to China 600 years ago before the arrival of the multiple foreign invaders, of whom the Sultanate fervently fought, that tarnished a once glorious civilisation in the southernmost region of the Philippines. And how Sulu lost its place in the Philippine history due to colonisation.
This film is directed by Rhadem Camlian Morados, a multi-awarded documentary Filmmaker & Human Rights Activist from the Philippines, known for his documentary films on Indigenous Exploitation in Cordillera & Queer Moros in Mindanao. And edited by JD Domingo who is also known for editing movies like (Patay Na Si Jesus, Zombadings, ENDO, Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros).
In Paglayag will be featured on the 25th of February 2020 at Pineapple Lab – 6053, R. Palma Street, Brg. Poblacion, Makati City. Open house from 6PM serving traditional Tausug delicacies promptly followed by the Film Screening and Q&A at 8PM.
