Sepasang kakak beradik menghilang pada suatu malam tahun 1997 di Cebu City, Filipina, dan kemudian (tampaknya) ditemukan dalam keadaan mengenaskan. Entah apa yang terjadi di belakang layar, namun yang bergulir berikutnya adalah sirkus penyidikan, pengadilan dan penggiringan opini publik yang masif untuk “mencari keadilan”. Caranya? Dengan menuding seorang bocah blasteran Spanyol sebagai pelakunya, meskipun puluhan saksi mata mengatakan dia berada di kota yang lain, dan meskipun polisi dan hakim selalu lupa apa sebetulnya bukti tak terbantahkan mereka untuk mendakwanya. Nasib dan perjuangan yang menyertai, menyemen semangat si bocah tertuduh untuk memutuskan bahwa, “menyerahnya besok saja.”.
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A couple of sisters disappeared on a fateful night in 1997, in Cebu City, Philippines. Afterwards, their bodies were allegedly found in a horrendous state, initiating an outrage from the public. But due to shady circumstances behind the doors of the powerful, the case turned into a circus of kangaroo investigation, courts and emotional manipulation. A Spanish-Filipino mestizo boy named Paco, along with some compatriots, was convicted, in spite of many witnesses confirming his alibi, and despite the police’s convenient forgetfulness of what are exactly their “irrefutable evidences” against Paco. The bitter struggle seems to have shaped Paco into a man who can be spirited enough to keep fighting, to always give up... tomorrow.
Sutradara Michael Collins | Negara Amerika Serikat, Inggris | Jenis Dokumenter | Tahun 2011 | Durasi 95 menit | Bahasa Inggris, Filipina, Spanyol | Subteks Bahasa Inggris | Format Digital | Klasifikasi Usia 15+
Penghargaan
Pemenang | Audience Choice Award, Antenna Documentary Festival 2011, Sydney, Australia
Pemenang | Juara kedua, Audience Award, Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival 2011, Canada
Pemenang | Human Rights Award Galway Film Fleadh 2012, Irlandia
Pemenang | Audience Award, San Sebastián Human Rights Film Festival 2012, San Sebastian, Spanyol
Pemenang | Audience Award, Sheffield International Documentary Festival 2011, Sheffield, Britania Raya
Pemenang | Audience Award, The Hague Movies that Matter Festival 2012, Belanda
Pemenang | Audience Award, Tribeca Film Festival 2011, Tribeca, Amerika Serikat
Pemenang | Special mention: New Documentary Director, Tribeca Film Festival 2011, Tribeca, Amerika Serikat
Pemenang | Audience Award, VC FilmFest - Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival 2012, Los Angeles, Amerika Serikat
Pemenang | Special Jury Prize, , VC FilmFest - Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival 2012, Los Angeles, Amerika Serikat
Nomine | Cinema Eye Audience Choice Prize, Cinema Eye Honors Awards, Amerika Serikat
Nomine | Best Documentary, Gawad Urian Awards 2013, Fillipina
Festival
In Competition | Best Documentary, San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival 2012, San Fransisco, Amerika Serikat
In Competition | Best Documentary Feature, Tribeca Film Festival 2011, Tribeca, Amerika Serikat
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