"Chicken a la Carte" - Bicol Film on Hunger Draws 12M Hits
This film is about the hunger and poverty brought about by Globalization. There are 10,000 people dying everyday due to hunger and malnutrition. This short film shows a forgotten portion of the society. The people who lives on the refuse of men to survive. What is inspiring is the hope and spirituality that never left this people.
NAGA CITY—Drawing more than 12 million viewers as of Saturday, a short film about hunger shot here by a Bicolano filmmaker has pricked the conscience of people around the world, who said it made them cry.
“Chicken a la Carte” by Ferdinand Dimadura, shot in 2005, beat some 3,600 entries when it won the 56th Berlin Film Festival award for short films in 2006. Its biting commentary has drawn viewers to the website www.cultureunplugged.com and YouTube.
The film is “about hunger and poverty brought about by globalization,” the synopsis says.
Source: Inquirer.net
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NAGA CITY—Drawing more than 12 million viewers as of Saturday, a short film about hunger shot here by a Bicolano filmmaker has pricked the conscience of people around the world, who said it made them cry.
“Chicken a la Carte” by Ferdinand Dimadura, shot in 2005, beat some 3,600 entries when it won the 56th Berlin Film Festival award for short films in 2006. Its biting commentary has drawn viewers to the website www.cultureunplugged.com and YouTube.
The film is “about hunger and poverty brought about by globalization,” the synopsis says.
Source: Inquirer.net
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4 comments:
I have seen this video so many months ago and it broke my heart. Their situation is so appalling, no better than scavenging animals who where either cast off by their owners or who have no longer any owner to feed them. Oh how lowly can our suffering and hungry countrymen sink in their struggle to survive. We seem to have lost our dignity as a nation when the world see this kind of videos. Thanks for the post. God bless.
Hello friend,
Very interesting & informative blog.
Thanks for the comment.
We should be grateful that someone had the courage to share to the world that such things happens in this day and age.
Although that scene had long been happening in the past, in the 80s or maybe earlier. But no one had tried to document it.
We maybe losing dignity as a nation, but we are raising the social awareness of the people. And I think it's good.
Hi,thanks for the comment and wish to see you again.
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