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Released
1999 · FILM

Return to the Tribes

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Written by
Runtime
40 min
Language
TL
Documentary

Synopsis

Howie Severino, who grew up on the American East Coast, returned to the Philippines and found work as a journalist. As he follows the story of filmmaker Auraeus Solito’s rediscovery of his tribal Palawan roots, Severino likewise interrogates his own notions of seeking identity and community as a Filipino.

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Shot by Egay Navarro

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