Directed and edited by Kiri Dalena
Written and produced by Patricia Evangelista
Cinematography by Luis Liwanag
Audio by Akira Liwanag
Production Management by Vincent Bascos
Editing by Majoy Siason
Research by Litz Balane
Video Research by Biena Magbitang
Camerawork by Kiri Dalena, Luis Liwanag, Akira Liwanag and John Javellana
Technical Assist by Vincent Dario
In partnership with The Asia Foundation and the Canadian Embassy
Alexis Tioseco was a constant on ANC’s weekly media affairs show Media in Focus, hosted by Cheche Lazaro and produced by Patricia Evangelista. He was meant to take over as host for several episodes in October 2009. He was murdered, along with Slovenian film journalist, Nika Bohinc, at his home on Times St. on September 1.
MANILA, Philippines—The arrested man had the face of a killer. Shifting eyes, tangled hair, cheeks so thin the bones sliced sharp against skin. At the time of his incarceration, he was the father of nine, with one more on the way.
His name is Danilo D. Jomoc Sr., born 47 years ago to a farmer and his wife in Inopacan, Leyte. His education includes several years in Macagoco Elementary School, and not much else. In 1989, he applied for an opening in Agila Gas, a fuel trucking business owned by a man named Leonardo Tioseco.
When Tioseco died in 2007, his son Alexis took over, the only child left in the Philippines after the family immigrated to Canada. Jomoc had known Alexis since he was 15.
At four in the afternoon of Sept. 5, 2009, the man with the face of a killer was arrested for the double murder of Alexis and his girlfriend Nika Bohinc.
Read the rest of Patricia Evangelista’s column from the Philippine Daily Inquirer (08/28/2010)
ON THE COVER
Very special thanks to Rhian Ramos and Gaby Dela Merced, for being our cover subjects for this special issue, and helping us in our continuing efforts to call for justice for the murders of Alexis Tioseco and Nika Bohinc. Rhian was glad to be of help, and described their deaths as “a tragic loss.” And as Gaby said of Alexis and Nika in her interview, “They both lived to make a difference, but it’s our turn to make our own contribution.”
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
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Episode 2, Season 6
Thurs 930PM
Representative Risa Hontiveros and DJ Benjo Marquez
Created by Patricia Evangelista and Paolo Villaluna
Directed and edited by Paolo Vilalluna
Written and edited by Patricia Evangelista
Cinematographer: Manie Magbanua, Jr.
Production Managers: Bernice Ilagan and Sandra Pineda
Assistant Director: Raymund Amonoy
Editor: Jippy Pascua
Video Researcher: Biena Magbitang
Gaffer: Adonis de la Cruz
Sound: Nestor Fuentes
Production Assistant: Nicole Magay and Bianca Gacad
Interns: Honey Beltran, Keith Dacuan, Floran Davao, Gigi Gervacio, Katsy Lee and Justine Pena
They found her in bed, one Thursday in December. The security cameras had her walking into the lobby at nine. Red dress, red nails, glossy red lips. Heels that shot silver against the marble floor.
The camera picks her up again at the thirty-eighth floor. Penthouse. The elevator doors glide open. She steps out, one hand unpinning the fall of dark hair. Key to lock, hand to knob, and then she walks into soft yellow light, stepping out of the heels as she closes the door.
They find her two hours later on lavender silk sheets, soaked in her trademark red. Her name was Magdalena. Read more…
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