His STORY: Looking on a Camera Lens

            Movies have been so attached to the people of today’s generation but on its bad side, many of us merely have the capability to analyze and interpret a particular film. One great example is Bontoc Eulogy, an old documentary film which gave way how Filipinos lived during their time, leaving a significant mark whether we deserve to be free or be captured by the colonizers. It challenged its viewers through seeing the different perspectives incorporated on the scenes that made it a ‘story’. A story that was full of lies and yet touched by facts, as Professor Deocampo discussed. Marlon Fuentes being the narrator and the main role upon looking for his grandfather’s whereabouts led him to unravel the history of our ancestors. Indeed he has created a twisted-yet-believable wholesome story regarding the ‘issues of colonialism, migration and identity’ all focused on Filipinos. They have been colonized, migrated to America and were called savage, dog-eaters and the worst but the question is, were the Filipinos the ones who formed this idea? I believe that they were influenced by many factors. The fact that they have only limited and scarce resources and in lack most of the everyday supplies for survival made them who they were. However, this was opposed as to what our national hero Jose Rizal believed in. For what reason? Rizal was born on the 19^th Century, long way after the era of the said film. He wasn’t able to catch a glimpse and experienced the happenings on that period which changed our culture, values and principles. Rizal’s mindset is in contrast by means of his contexts used. Nevertheless, what we presently have now are “globalization and advanced technologies” that are continually in fast progress. Throughout the years of struggling, our history is still unfolding. Today, we are a nation built from our past that was temporarily forgotten but in one way or another we have remembered.