TaraLETSdotcom's video: Cinemalaya 2018 - LIWAY

Details - http://www.taralets.com LIWAY by KIP OEBANDA The true story of a young mother who uses story-telling to protect her child from the reality of growing up in prison and the difficult life she endured. Dakip is a happy four year living in old child who loves playing hide & seek with friends. He is jolly, witty and is well-loved by everyone. He could be considered a normal child if he wasn’t living with his parents in Camp Delgado, a prison for both criminals and rebels during the 80’s. He lives there with his mother,Day and father, Ric. In prison, he always hears of the name Liway. Allegedly, she is a diwata living in the forests of Mt. Kanlaon. His mom tells him the story of this diwata through shadow puppets. But Liway was an ordinary woman, forced by circumstances to flee the mountains where she became the leader of the forest creatures and became a diwata. Her first son had to be given away because life in the mountains is tough for a mortal. Their story is interrupted when a soldier comes looking for Liway and it is revealed that Day and Liway are one person. Liway was the nickname the media and the masses gave her when she became a commander of the rebel forces in the mountains, a life she has long turned away from. She was legendary for her beauty and tactics but she never truly believed in the politics of the movement. She was a catechist in a religious school, preaching liberation theology to farmers in the Sakada when her house was ransacked by the military. She was forced to flee to the mountains. She didn’t really believe in the communist ideology and remained steadfast to her faith. When her mother died, Day agreed with Ric to give away their first born child so that he will not grow up in the mountains. Cinemalaya 14 Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival 2018 From Aug 4-12, 2018 at the CCP theaters and select Ayala Malls Cinemas.