10th Filipino Festival in Honolulu Caps with Screening of Ma’ Rosa
Personnel of the Philippine Consulate General, with their families, attend the screening of Ma’ Rosa, the finale for the 10th Filipino Festival in Honolulu on June 17.
29 June 2017 HONOLULU —Personnel of the Philippine Consulate General in Honolulu attended the screening of Ma’ Rosa, the finale for the week-long 10th Filipino Film Festival at the Doris Duke Theater, Honolulu Museum of Art. The activity was in line with the Consulate General’s celebration of 119th Anniversary of Philippine Independence, as well as an activity for its Gender and Development (GAD) program.
The Film Festival, which ran from June 9 to 17, featured eight Filipino maindie (mainstream and independent or “indie”) films selected for depicting current political and social issues in the Philippines.
Ms. Jaclyn Jose won the best actress award at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival for her role in Ma’ Rosa. Ma’ Rosa is a story about a mother of four who owns a convenience store in a neighborhood in Mandaluyong City. To augment their meager earnings, Rosa and her husband Nestor moonlight as small-time drug dealers from their corner store. One rainy night, the couple was arrested by the police, prompting Ma’ Rosa’s four children to do anything to buy their parent’s freedom from the corrupt police.
Ma’ Rosa, directed by award-winning director Brillante Mendoza, offers an insight on non-traditional women roles of providing for the family’s needs through Ms. Jose’s role as a matriarch struggling to survive amid squalor.
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