Title: “SANLIBUTAN”
Release：2009
Running Time：60 min
Genre：Documentary
Director：Sachiko Miyase
Producer：Sachiko Miyase
Language : Tagalog, English, ASL(American Sign Language)
[ Story ]
Olongapo city is located in the North West side from Metro-Manila in Philippines. In 1991, the Mount Pinatubo erupted, and the Subic Bay, which had called the biggest American air base, withdrew there next year of it, and the town got a heavy blow with remaining the problems of discrimination for indigenous habitats, prostitution, drugs and others. “Ninos Pag-asa Center” is the institution for people with disabilities, which is nestled in the outskirts of such a town. Here, people and children with disabilities, such as hearing and vision impairment, are living together with mixed up. Besides, children who are facing with serious illness and unfortunately they can’t get operation because of the poverty, live together in there. What we can get a glimpse of their life, which supporting handicap of each other, is the lovely everyday life within the chaos.
