Kontra-Agos
A Resistance Films Festival
Robinson's Galleria, IndieSine
Quezon City, The Philppines
December 5-11, 2007
Ehem!plo
Directed by: Clodualdo Del Mundo, Jr
‘Lahat tayo ay nawawalan,’ says Heidi Mendoza, a conscientious auditor featured in this EheM!Plo video-documentary. ‘It is because of corruption that there is poverty,’ argues former Ombudsman Simeon
Marcelo. They are correct. Corruption ruins our democratic institutions – tempting many to be angry and hopeless.
Young people, like Melonie Maglia of Ifugao, are longing for leaders with conscience and competence, not public officials who, according to Fr. Vhong Navarro, invent projects for selfish interest. Mayor Jesse Robredo and Allen Reondanga of Naga City prove that good examples do exist. They employ I-governance and community participation in their struggle to uplift the condition of the Bicol region.
EheM!Plo shows that indeed corruption is violence. If this is trure, then stopping corruption and spreading
integrity are now the new ways of working for peace.
About the Director
Doy del Mundo has a doctoral degree in Communication Studies (Film) from the University of Iowa. He teaches at De La Salle University, Department of Communication, where he is a Full Professor and a University Fellow. He is also a screenwriter. His screenplay credits include Maynila… Sa mga Kuko ng Liwanag (Manila… In the Claws of Light), ‘Merika, Mulanay, Aliwan Paradise (Entertainment Paradise), Markova, and Pepot Artista.
He is also a director in his own right. His film/video essays and documentaries include People Media, Maynila… Isang Pelikulang Pilipino (Maynila… A Filipino Film), Komiks, Lupa (Land), Pahiyas (or Exorcising the Ghosts of St. Louis), Maid in Singapore, and Ehem!plo (Corruption and Integrity in the Philippines). In 2005, he finished Pepot Artista which won Best Picture in the 1st Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival. Before the 2007 elections, he directed a 3-episode reality program, Vote4U.
His books include Native Resistance: Philippine Cinema and Colonialism 1898-1941, Rizal / Bayaning 3rd World: Dalawang Dulang Pampelikula (Two Screenplays), and Maynila…, ‘Merika, Alyas Raha Matanda: Tatlong Dulang Pampelikula (Three Screenplays). He has also written monographs on Philippine Cinema that were published in Fukuoka, Japan.