the Living Room and Carlos

Have to say the Living Room oozes with very very subtle nudges of inspiration..through random conversations, dreams and just physically being here – you can’t help but try to question/define just “what is filipino.” Blame it on my roots – even having been brought up in the US – being here helps me connect the disjointed dots of my filipina anscestry. Luckily for me, Carlos (a walking epitomy of an Encyclopedia for everything Filipino) has been a indelible resource. One tiny morsel of Filipino cultural genius he and ms. Ria Limjap shared was Lino Brocka – a filipino director I slightly heard of. He handed us “Tinimbang ka ngunit kulang” to watch…then after that I was hooked. Consuming other pieces like Macho Dancer, Maynila: Sa mga Kuko ng Liwanag (Manila: in the Claws of Light) and more.

Here’s alittle preview of Brocka’s shit…totally gritty, totally 70s, totally PI!
(a very very high recommend)