The appointment
“The Appointment” Produced in Davao by Joshua Sam Banez, in 2005. Language: Ata Manobo and Cebuano There will be a day when the Lord examines our lives. Blessed the Person who’s life is written in the Book of Life! The Lord sits on his Throne. Lazarus is called in by an angel. Upon t...
The father's duty
“The Father’s duty” Produced in Salumping in the Tiruray tribe by Joshua Sam Bañez, Danny Catua and Leonardo Sabuan in 2005. Language: Tiruray The two elders in the church can hardly wait until the horse fighting starts because they have their hearts set on gambling. Sadly their boys fo...
The old has gone
“The Old has gone” Produced in Sinuda in the Matigsalug tribe by Joshua Sam Bañez, Danny Catua and Leonardo Sabuan in 2004. Language: Matig Salug Dolopan is involved in many vices. He wants to force his younger sister to marry a man which she does not like and in the end she finishes he...
Despair & Repentance
“Despair and Repentance” Produced in Kauswagan in the Manguangan tribe by Danny Catua and Joshua Sam Bañez in 2004. Language: Manguangan Manobo With his spear on his shoulder he watches his pregnant wife climbing up the steep hill with a basket of sweet potatoes. She slips and the basket ...
Eternity
“Eternity in their hearts” Produced in Cananga-an in the Umayamnon tribe by Mark Chapman, Joshua Sam Bañez and Leonardo Sabuan in 2004. Language: Umayamnon Manobo A shaman has a dream where in his walk in the forest he comes to a crossing. There he meets a man dressed in white cloths who ...
Hope
“Hope” Produced in St. Ninio in the Talaingod tribe by Danny Catua and Joshua Sam Bañez in 2003. Language: Ata Manobo Jean is the only Christian in her family but she has the inner conviction that one day the whole family will find to Christ. But her younger brothers gets involved in drink...
Back to the old ways
“Back to the old ways” Produced in Kalagangan in the Matigsalug tribe by Joshua Sam Bañez and Leonardo Sabuan in 2003. Language: Matig Salug The Christians in a village take part in a meeting where they are being taught to go back to the old traditions, especially sacrificing to their fam...
Ruth
“Ruth” Produced in Misulong in the Talaingod tribe by Marianne Annen and Danny Catua in 2002. Language: Ata Manobo This movie is full of Manobo incidents, ranging from the everyday life of farming, crisis of food shortage, moving to another place, death of Naomi’s husband, marriage of he...
Snatch
“Snatch from Darkness” Produced in Tagpopoot in the Langilan tribe by Joshua Sam Bañez & Danny Catua in 2002. Language: Ata Manobo Restor and Divina are friends and are planning to get married someday. He is an unbeliever and she belongs to a family heavily involved in spirit worship. ...
Remember
“Remember” Produced in Tagpopoot in the Langilan tribe by Danny Catua in 2002. Language: Ata Manobo Mauro has a family and is involved in small logging business. Too bad that most of the days of his life he is drunk and gets really violent. He tries to improve in that he promises his wife to...
Prodigal Son
“The Prodigal Son” Produced in Tagpopoot in the Langilan tribe, Directed and written by Danny Catua in 1997. Language: Ata Manobo Edited by Danny Catua The Bible Story of the Prodigal Son is being dramatized in the Manobo context, in order to show that each Manobo, after having messed ...
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