• 3 months ago
Taong 2015 nang bigyan ni dating Pangulong Noynoy Aquino ng parole si Lola Petra. Makalipas ng ilang taong pagdadasal ng kanyang paglaya ay tuluyan na siyang napakinggan. Matapos ang 10 taon mula nang siya ay nakalaya, muling binisita ni Kara David si Lola Petra.

Panoorin ang ‘Lola sa Laya,’ dokumentaryo ni Kara David, sa #IWitness.

Full episode: https://youtu.be/IThuVkcB478

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00:00February 27, 2015, the Lord heard our prayers.
00:07Here it is. You're free now.
00:12Grandma!
00:14Yes, I'm here.
00:16I thought you were here too.
00:19Grandma, we're here.
00:21You're free now, Grandma.
00:28Thank you, God. Thank you, God.
00:34Thank you, God.
00:37Through the Bureau of Corrections,
00:40President Aquino gave the parole to Grandma Petra.
00:46Finally, Grandma is free.
00:52We dedicate this award to Grandma Petra.
00:55Our Montingdokyo about the grandmothers of Dorm 12
00:59won an award at the New York Film Festival in 2016.
01:06A sweet victory.
01:08But for me,
01:11the freedom of the remaining grandmothers
01:14is the real victory.
01:17When will it come?
01:2610 years have passed.
01:29How are the grandmothers of Dorm 12?
01:33How is Grandma Petra?
01:37I first met Grandma in 2014.
01:41In a remote barangay in Baguio City,
01:44I met Grandma Petra.
01:49Grandma!
01:52Grandma!
01:55She can't hear me.
02:02Do you remember me?
02:07Grandma!
02:11How are you?
02:13Do you remember me?
02:16Cara David!
02:17Away!
02:20She said yes.
02:22Right, Cara David?
02:26How are you?
02:34Are you going to cry? Don't cry.
02:39Don't cry.
02:42Grandma Petra is now 100 years old.
02:47She can't walk, and it's hard for her to speak.
02:51But she still has a clear mind.
02:54Do you still remember me?
02:57She said she remembers you.
03:01She said thank you.
03:02I was surprised that Grandma still remembers me
03:05even though we haven't seen each other for 10 years.
03:10According to her children,
03:12their mother loves to watch television.
03:15What does she always say?
03:17She always tells me stories about how she used to get close to a snake.
03:27She told me that story.
03:29And what did she say?
03:31She said that I was the one who used to get close to her
03:35so that she wouldn't be afraid of me.
03:40Grandma Petra will be a farmer.
03:42On the day of her release,
03:44she had no other request but to return to farming.
03:49When she came back here after her release,
03:51did she still be able to walk?
03:53Yes, she was able to walk.
03:54She was able to walk?
03:55Yes, she was able to walk.
03:56She was able to farm.
03:59Oh, really?
04:00Actually, she was the one who planted the crotons here.
04:04But as the years passed by,
04:09Grandma slowly became weak.
04:11It's okay, it's okay, it's okay.
04:19Yes, yes, yes, yes.
04:21Until she was no longer able to walk.
04:24There you go.
04:25There you go.
04:26There you go.
04:27There you go.
04:28There you go.
04:29Until she was no longer able to walk.
04:32There you go.
04:33There you go.
04:40Grandma Petra is a single mother.
04:46She raised her children alone.
04:49Grandma Petra is a single mother.
04:54That is why her siblings sacrificed so much for their mother.
04:59I prayed that she would not die.
05:03I prayed that she would not die.
05:05I prayed that she would not live to be 10 years old.
05:12I am having a hard time taking care of her.
05:15I don't want to lose her.
05:18I want to see her again.
05:24There you go.
05:25We're going to sunbathe.
05:27I know you really want to sunbathe.
05:31Every day, they take Grandma Petra out to explore the sky.
05:42This is Grandma's favorite thing to do every day.
05:49We used to do this inside the Correctional Building.
05:54We would sit outside and sunbathe.
05:58The sky was covered with a piece of sky that was not covered by the walls of the hospital.
06:07I also remember that aside from Grandma Petra,
06:10there was another old woman that I always took out to sunbathe.
06:15Her name was Grandma Rose.
06:21She was sick, blind, and barely able to walk.
06:27Within 11 years, no one visited Grandma Rose.
06:35She had no other wish but to see her child in another country.
06:41She asked me if she could call her.
06:46It's time for me to leave.
06:49I don't know where I am going.
06:51I don't know what will happen to me.
06:54I always pray, pray, pray to God.
07:00My voice is ridiculous.
07:02I might have forgotten.
07:06For almost 11 years, I think.
07:11I don't know how I will be able to endure her torture.
07:16I couldn't do anything but hug the old woman.
07:21I will never forget you.
07:23Kara.
07:25I love you, Ms. Kara.
07:28I love you too, Grandma.
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