Filipino mother's search for missing son in the spotlight
Filipino mother's search for missing son in the spotlight
Edita Burgos has been in a desperate search for her missing son Jonas for 17 years. Jonas, a prominent activist for a left-wing farmers group, was bundled by a group of unknown men into a vehicle at a Manila shopping mall in 2007. He has not been seen since.
Edita is the protagonist in her youngest son JL Burgos's new documentary about Jonas's disappearance, in hope of finding out his whereabouts. Human rights group Karapatan estimates hundreds of people have gone missing or died in extra-judicial killings since the government began fighting a communist insurgency in the late 1960s.
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Edita Burgos has been in a desperate search for her missing son Jonas for 17 years. Jonas, a prominent activist for a left-wing farmers group, was bundled by a group of unknown men into a vehicle at a Manila shopping mall in 2007. He has not been seen since.
Edita is the protagonist in her youngest son JL Burgos's new documentary about Jonas's disappearance, in hope of finding out his whereabouts. Human rights group Karapatan estimates hundreds of people have gone missing or died in extra-judicial killings since the government began fighting a communist insurgency in the late 1960s.
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00:00After 17 years, it's easier to think na wala na siya.
00:29Kasi hindi na siya nagihirap, diba?
00:33Pero syempre lagi may pag-asa pa rin ang puso ng nanay, diba?
00:36Malay mo, bakit tinatago lang nila?
00:39Malay mo, bakit one of these days, gumatok na lang.
00:42Magtanong, Mami, anong ulam?
00:45Nineteen-nineteen-eighties.
00:47And yung nawala yung anak niya, 2007.
00:49Wala na naman parang campaign na gano'n no.
00:51At whatever state.
00:53Ibalit. Ibalit.
00:55Mas maganda pa yung nakita mong wala na eh.
00:59Alam mo na, yun ang nangyari sa kanya.
01:01May period sa ano mo.
01:03May katapusan.
01:05At saka, alam mo kung anong pagdadasal mo.
01:07May his soul rest in peace.
01:09Ito ni hindi mo nga masabi, Lord, may his soul rest in peace.
01:11Dahil hindi mo alam eh.
01:13Yan, tabi dalawa.
01:15Jay.
01:17Ito ko, si Kuya Jay.
01:25Kami talaga yung napupulitan ng bata.
01:35Baka boy scout din kami pala.
01:37That's the problem with enforced disappearances.
01:41Hindi mo alam kung buhay patay.
01:43You can just, pwede mo sabihin, logically, hindi na siya buhay.
01:47Pero, you cannot prove that, no?
01:51So, ayun yung problem talaga sa ganyan.
01:53Kaya ko ginawa ang pelikulang ito ngayon.
01:57Kasi, hindi na kailangan pang maghihintay ang ganitong klaseng mga storya.
02:03Kung hindi ako magkwento, ay mawawala na ang mga storya
02:07ng mga Jonas, ng iba pang nawawala.
02:11Para ma-maintain kung ang kanilang kwento, ang kanilang kagitingan,
02:17kailangan ko nang gawin ang pelikula ngayon.
02:19Ang paghahanap kay Jonas ay paghahanap ng mga desaparecido.
02:25Ang paghahanap sa mga desaparecido ay paghahanap ng katarungan at katotohanan.
02:30So, regardless kung ano man ang, kung ano nangyari kay Jonas, tuloy kami.
02:37So, kami po ay, syempre, kinakabalutan dahil politikal ang content ng aming pelikula.
02:54Katarungan sa lahat ng biktima ng karapatang pantao.
03:00Katarungan!
03:02Ilitaw si Jonas Burgos!
03:06Ilitaw!
03:07Ilitaw si Jonas Burgos!
03:09Ilitaw!
03:11Maraming pang salamat, magandang maguling po sa inyo.
03:14Itong klase ng mga palabas, magkakaroon ito ng ano eh,
03:19magkakaroon ito ng ano, sa bandang huli,
03:22magkakaroon ito ng malawak na kaalaman para sa mga kababayan natin.
03:36Salamat!