Curiosity, Adventure & Love

Feature Documentary, 2017

A century of colonization, nation-building, and cultural transformation is refracted through the memories of a 106-year-old Philippine matriarch as she recounts her extraordinary life. Her narratives - spanning the final years of Spanish rule, the Japanese occupation during World War II, and the authoritarianism of the Marcos regime - interweave with intimate accounts of family, romance, and loss. The result is a poetic and visually resonant meditation on memory, mortality, and the deep imprint that history makes on individual lives.