If you have already
watched this film last year either at CCP during Cinemalaya 2016 or during its
cinema release around early September, congratulations! PamilyaOrdinaryo is
definitely a must-watch! It has won numerous awards in Film Festivals in
London, Italy, Japan, Poland, Vietnam, USA and Australia, and is now nominated
in nine (9) categories at the Gawad Urian.
You might want to watch
it again, and encourage (read: coerce, bribe, kidnap) your best friends to
watch it again with you so you can all talk about it afterwards.
Here are 13 Reasons Why
1.
It makes us see how we are all just struggling to get through our own
sets of challenges. Such as how can I show my partner everyday how
much I love him/her.
2. It makes us realize how big a responsibility it is to bring a child into this world.
3. It makes us aware that each of us are different and yet, are so similar in many ways.
4. It makes us see people like Jane and Aries as human beings, not as statistics.
5. It makes us more conscious of our biases.
6. It reminds us to stay humble and grateful for the roof on our heads, the education we are getting and for all the little things we take for granted (like having access to tissue paper, ganern..)
7. It is a tool for Teachers of all stripes to use in their classrooms.
8. It can help both NGO and Government workers to better understand the people they are trying to serve.
9. It makes us appreciate how love and affection can be expressed in so many different ways (such as but not limited to PDAs, shoplifting and 5-minute quickies, tsk!).
10. If you are an aspiring filmmaker, it makes you see a new way of depicting a familiar milieu in a different way. The film milieu is the 3rd character so you better get it right.
11. It makes us feel uncomfortable. And there is value in learning to be comfortable in being uncomfortable.
12. It makes us see that our social institutions still have a lot of growing up to do.
13. It makes us think about the extra-ordinary lives of ordinary people.
2. It makes us realize how big a responsibility it is to bring a child into this world.
3. It makes us aware that each of us are different and yet, are so similar in many ways.
4. It makes us see people like Jane and Aries as human beings, not as statistics.
5. It makes us more conscious of our biases.
6. It reminds us to stay humble and grateful for the roof on our heads, the education we are getting and for all the little things we take for granted (like having access to tissue paper, ganern..)
7. It is a tool for Teachers of all stripes to use in their classrooms.
8. It can help both NGO and Government workers to better understand the people they are trying to serve.
9. It makes us appreciate how love and affection can be expressed in so many different ways (such as but not limited to PDAs, shoplifting and 5-minute quickies, tsk!).
10. If you are an aspiring filmmaker, it makes you see a new way of depicting a familiar milieu in a different way. The film milieu is the 3rd character so you better get it right.
11. It makes us feel uncomfortable. And there is value in learning to be comfortable in being uncomfortable.
12. It makes us see that our social institutions still have a lot of growing up to do.
13. It makes us think about the extra-ordinary lives of ordinary people.
And hopefully, it makes
you want to go out there and do a film as well. Or do something creative or
outrageous. Something A(hh)-MAZE-ing so that you can contribute something.
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