Lumad Image-making in Baboy Halas (2016) through Intercultural Filmmaking

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ID22265455
AuthorsKatrina Ross A Tan (University of the Philippines Los Baños, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume2
Issue2
Pages1-14
Publication date2022-10-31
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAkda The Asian Journal of Literature Culture Performance (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2782-8875 • E-ISSN: 2782-8875
PublisherDe La Salle University (PUBLISHER • PH)
DOI10.59588/2782-8875.1036
OpenAlexW4385207509
LanguageEN
References cited6

This essay examines the processes involved in intercultural filmmaking, a mode of filmmaking practiced in the production of Baboy Halas (2016) directed by Bagane Fiola where the non-Indigenous filmmaker and the Indigenous community of Matigsalug collaborated in creating their screen images. It discusses how intercultural filmmaking allows the Lumad to enact cinematic agency in constructing their identities on screen. In addition to this, it outlines how this mode of production enables groups from different cultures to forge connections through filmmaking and cultivate ethical relations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous groups. I draw from interview data with the filmmaker and an analysis of the film to demonstrate intercultural filmmaking as a production practice that allows the minoritized segments of the nation to take control of their cinematic images. In this light, intercultural filmmaking serves as a productive site to initiate a filmmaking practice that is non-colonizing. It also provides a platform for the Lumad to address the lack of diverse representation of the Indigenous in Filipino cinema and allow them to become visible in our cinematic culture

Aesthetics · Art · Film director · Filmmaking · Indigenous · Media studies · Movie theater · Social science · Sociology · Visual arts · Philippine History and Culture · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies

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