Last February 3, UP Film Center was flocked by students, professors, advocates Deaf and Hearing alike to watch A MI PATRIA, a
collection of five poems of Dr. Jose Rizal in four languages: Filipino
Sign Language [FSL], English, Spanish, and Filipino. The
film provides the Deaf Community with access to the important works of
our National Hero Dr. Jose Rizal. It also gives the hearing community
the chance to experience the beauty of Filipino Sign Language.
This is the
first-ever translation of the poems in sign language Directed and Edited by Mirana Medina in collaboration with the National Commission for Culture and the Arts, De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde School of Deaf Education and Applied Studies and the University of the Philippines-Koleyiho ng Arte at Kultura.
Mr. Jose Rizal Lopez, grandson of Paciano Rizal and accompanied by Ms. Ester Asurin, was the guest honor who candidly shared stories before the screening about how the National Hero was calm in the hour of death; without a shred of hate or anger in his famous Mi Ultimo Adios, one of the poems featured in the screening.
Also present were Ms. Liza Tinio-Bayot, descendant of the Rizal Family; Prof. Vim Nadera with friends of filmmaker/director Mirana Medina; and members of
the Philippine Federation of the Deaf (PFD), Filipino Deaf Women's
Health and Crisis Center (FDWHCC) and Support and Empower Abused Deaf
Chjldren, Inc. (SEADC).
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| SDEAS CPD's Giselle Montero, SEADC's Liw Caldito, Ester Asurin, Jose Rizal Lopez, Filmmaker Mirana Medina |
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| Honored guests with Aldrin Gabriel, Deaf actor who played Dr. Jose Rizal in Mi Ultimo Adios |
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| Aldrin Gabriel, Prof. Apo Chua, PNASLI's Naty Natividad |
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