'Himala' (1982) | Portrait of the Filmmaker as a Filipino
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Portrait of the Filmmaker as a Filipino
Films from the Second Golden Age
and the New Independence
As part of Blacktown Arts Centre's Balik Bayan program, Robert Nery and Gabrielle Finnane will curate a weekly film program that charts excellence in Filipino cinema including iconic films.
All film screenings in this program will include English subtitles.
Himala 18+
(1982, dir. Ishmael Bernal)
In a foreshore village suffering from a long drought, an adopted daughter, raised without a father, comes to believe that she has seen the Virgin Mary, and becomes a faith healer. When two young boys die despite her ministrations, she begins to doubt her visions.
Acknowledgements Manila in the Claws of Light was restored in 2013 by the World Cinema Foundation and the Film Development Council of the Philippines at Cineteca di Bologna/L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory, in association with LVN, Cinema Artists Philippines and Mike de Leon. Restoration funding was provided by the Doha Institute. Thanks to the ABS-CBN Restoration team – Leo Katigbak, Pia de Leon and Jane C. Tenorio – for Himala and Three Years Without God, and to Mylah Quinay at ABS-CBN Film Productions for The Super Parental Guardians. The restored version of Batch ’81 is borrowed from the Asian Film Archive Collection. We thank Chew Tee Pao, Janice Chen and Christine Mak of the Archive in Singapore.
Organiser Blacktown Arts
Organiser of 'Himala' (1982) | Portrait of the Filmmaker as a Filipino
Blacktown Arts is a recognised leader in the development of contemporary arts in Australia. We support artistic innovation and offer exciting, new experiences for audiences through an award-winning curated program of exhibitions, performances, workshops, residencies and events.
We acknowledge the Darug people who are the traditional owners of the Land on which we work. We pay our respects to Elders past and present, and thank them for their Custodianship of this Land.
