Watch TRUTHS on ANC, Monday 9:30 pm

TRUTHS is an editorial documentary series, built on investigative reportage and in-depth interviews on the pressing issues of the day. Written and hosted by columnist Patricia Evangelista, directed by filmmaker Kiri Dalena with cinematography by photojournalist Luis Liwanag, TRUTHS is the first of its kind, an opinion column on television in a news channel that seeks to provide more than reportage. Liberal and progressive, it is a show that is unapologetic in its opinions, in a country where “bias” is a bad word.

Pilot is shot entirely on Canon EOS 5D Mark II and Canon EOS 1D Mark IV

EPISODE 1: The Women

On paper, the sentence is imprisonment, up to six years. In the backrooms of Manila slums, and in the emergency wards of public hospitals, the sentence can be death. In 2008, at least 500,000 women resorted to abortion. 90,000 suffered complications. A thousand died.

Abortion is illegal in the Republic of the Philippines. There are no exceptions. TRUTHS looks at one of the great taboos of Filipino society, and explores the reasons behind the choices Filipino women have made in a country where both the law and the Church make abortion a matter of life and death.

Writer / Executive Producer : Patricia Evangelista
Direction: Kiri Dalena
Cinematography: Luis Liwanag
Production Manager: Vincent Bascos
Editor: Majoy Siason
Scoring: Datu Arellano
Researcher: Litz Balane
Technical Assistant: Akira Liwanag
Production Assistants: Nicole Revita, Michelle Penarubia, Rachel Escueta

Special thanks to Likhaan, ISSA and Newsbreak