Si Aleeia Maclit ang unang blind child na nakilala ni Howie Severino sa isang biyahe patungong Laguna. Limang taong gulang pa lang siya noon, at mula noon, halos dalawang dekada nang sinusubaybayan ni Howie ang kanyang kuwento.
Sa kanilang muling pagkikita, ano na nga ba ang nagbago sa buhay ni Aleeia?
Panoorin ang ‘Kambal na Panalo,’ dokumentaryo ni Howie Severino sa #IWitness.
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Sa kanilang muling pagkikita, ano na nga ba ang nagbago sa buhay ni Aleeia?
Panoorin ang ‘Kambal na Panalo,’ dokumentaryo ni Howie Severino sa #IWitness.
#iBenteSingko
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00:00With those who are waiting is a childhood friend of Kambal.
00:04Alia Maklit came here, a close friend of the two even back then.
00:11She is also the reason why I met Kambal, who was in her school back then.
00:20Alia Maklit is the first blind child I met.
00:30How are you, Alia?
00:32I'm good.
00:34Maria Eliose B. Maklit, the fourth.
00:37Alia is no different from her peers.
00:41Come here, Mr. Javi. I'll help you.
00:43Oh, Mr. Javi?
00:45No, I don't need it.
00:47Come here.
00:48Do you know what blind means?
00:52I'm the blind.
00:54I can't accept it. I'm crying. I want to die.
00:58I said, what is this? Why me? Why my child?
01:03There's a lot of things.
01:05I don't do anything wrong.
01:10My mother said, she's the one giving me strength.
01:16She said, let it be. It's God's gift. Don't cry.
01:22For more than 20 years in making documentaries,
01:26Alia's story is one of the longest I've watched.
01:31After we first met in 2007,
01:35I brought her back in 2011.
01:39She's a freshman in grade 2.
01:42How are you?
01:43I'm good.
01:45I've been waiting for you for so long.
01:47Yes.
01:48We haven't seen each other for so long.
01:51That's when I saw her mother's dream come true.
01:56Alia will be able to go to school regularly.
02:02It's been four years.
02:04We met Alia again.
02:06It's PE time. It's PE time.
02:10She's in grade 6.
02:12She can compete with her classmates.
02:17She's still an honor student.
02:21Just like her friends,
02:23Alia sometimes joined the running race.
02:27She also has a guide.
02:33Let me introduce you to Alia.
02:35Alia, this is Mr. Sajid Imao.
02:37How are you?
02:38Alia met the famous sculptor, Sajid Imao,
02:42who also has a disability in sight
02:45and is considered legally blind.
02:47Alia had a new perspective on art.
02:50In this work, I can see her simplicity.
02:55Her sculpting is really simple.
02:59In 2014, she was also part of my documentary
03:04about my friend and cameraman,
03:06Egay Navarro, who passed away.
03:09I was with Egay to witness Alia's growth.
03:13Egay, thank you for this small opportunity
03:17that I got to meet you.
03:19Don't forget to say hi to your mom in heaven.
03:26This is my fifth documentary with Alia.
03:30She was accompanied by her father, Jojo Maklit.
03:34They learned that Alia was blind when she was a baby.
03:37We checked up on her.
03:39At that time, Alia was pregnant.
03:42Now, she's about to finish school.
03:46I hope she can continue until she gets married.
03:50We're getting old.
04:10Thank you for tuning in to Eyewitness, Kapuso.
04:14What can you say about this documentary?
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