Paulit-ulit na naranasan ni Tatay Armando at ng iba pang katutubo ang pananamantala—pambabarat sa kanilang paninda at sapilitang pagboto tuwing eleksyon, dulot ng kakulangan sa kaalaman sa pagbasa’t pagsulat.
Sa tulong ni Ma’am Melona, nagkaroon sila ng interes na matuto upang protektahan ang kanilang karapatan.
Panoorin ang ‘Isang Antipara,’ dokumentaryo ni Mav Gonzales sa #IWitness.
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Sa tulong ni Ma’am Melona, nagkaroon sila ng interes na matuto upang protektahan ang kanilang karapatan.
Panoorin ang ‘Isang Antipara,’ dokumentaryo ni Mav Gonzales sa #IWitness.
#iBenteSingko
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00:00On the top, it's small, and on the bottom, again, it's small.
00:10Here.
00:12Just make it bigger.
00:18The younger ones are still struggling because they have no one to rely on.
00:30If true, they understand each other here in Sitio Pinag-Anakan.
00:37But the young ones have their own reasons as to why they are trying to learn how to read and write.
00:46Even if it's just a small dot, don't make it bigger.
00:51Because writing is more important now than making it bigger.
00:57It's more important now than making it bigger.
01:03That's why we need to be able to sign our names.
01:11The adults, like Tata Rudy, Roberto, and Armando,
01:16are already fed up with the foolishness they experience every time they go out to the mountains.
01:21I also have a son who is a bit illiterate.
01:26If he faces the Tagalog people,
01:29the Tagalog people will treat him differently because they know that he won't be fooled easily.
01:36But if it's just the two of us, they are happy.
01:38They don't want us to be illiterate.
01:40They are happy.
01:41Okay, let's go. Let's sit down.
01:45In Tata Rudy's case, every time he sells his last fish,
01:49they are always in a dilemma when it comes to payment.
01:53Sometimes we are still in a dilemma when it comes to paying our bills.
01:58What's happening?
02:02We think that the price of a kilo is too high.
02:07We can already tell by the look of the fish.
02:12Sometimes we can tell that the price of a kilo is too high.
02:17But if it's just five kilos, they will say that it's just two kilos.
02:23You won't get angry. You won't get angry.
02:26You won't fool us.
02:28They won't give us rice.
02:30They won't give us rice.
02:31They won't give us rice.
02:32They won't give us rice.
02:33They won't give us rice.
02:36The situation is getting worse every time the election comes.
02:41When we vote,
02:43we will be assisted by someone who knows how to vote.
02:46I will tell them who I want to vote.
02:49I am not sure if the election will be written today
02:52because I don't know how to write and read.
02:55We don't know if we want to vote.
03:00We don't know if we want to vote.
03:04And our children who know how to vote,
03:08they won't be able to assist us if we don't allow them.
03:14They won't be able to vote because of the precinct.
03:17Yes, because of the precinct.
03:18According to Father Armando's experience,
03:21when it's time to vote,
03:23their right to vote is lost
03:26because they are not sure if they are marking the ballot correctly.
03:33Do you know what you are writing?
03:35I don't know.
03:37So, some of you are just saying,
03:39this is it.
03:40Yes.
03:41This is it.
03:42We don't know.
03:44When there is a population,
03:47there are people who will vote.
03:49They will ask us,
03:51what will you vote for?
03:53They won't be able to assist us.
03:55When they say the name,
03:58that's the only thing they will remember.
04:00But when they give us papers
04:02that say who will vote,
04:04I don't know who will vote.
04:06I can't read.
04:15This is the challenge for Ma'am Melona.
04:18But because she is alone,
04:20it's hard for Ma'am Melona to teach all of her students.
04:29They have been studying for two hours.
04:33The movement is limited because of one antipara.