Original Post: Manoro ( The Aeta Teacher ) When the children becomes their parents Teacher - Mary Chuby
Main Cast: Jonalyn Ablong (as Herself ), Edgar Ablong
Directed:Brilliante Mendoza
Year: 2006
Genre: Documentary
Runtime: 57:17
Also Known As: Manoro- The Aeta Teacher
Country: Philippines
Language: Tagalog/Baloga- Philippine dialect
Subtitles: English
Source...............: R2 RETAIL DVD5 Rental
File Format..........: avi
Codec.................: XVID
Video Bit Rate...............: 1025 kbps
Audio Bit Rate...............: 192 kbps
Resolution............: 720 x 384
AR.......................: 1.8:75
Frame rate...........: 23.976 fps
Synopsis :
The story of a girl who dares to make a difference.
Jonalyn Ablong is a young Aeta elementary graduate from a public school in Pampanga.
With the presidential elections coming up, she makes it her mission to teach her fellow Aetas especially the elders, how to read and write so they will be able to cast their votes.
With sample ballots in hand, she heads for the Aeta settelement in pursuit of her goal.
Everything seems to be going accordingly, until her grandfather suddenly goes missing.
She and her father trek to the mountains in search of him.
Will Jonalyn be able to find her beloved grandfather while pursuing her mission to help the Aetas exercise their right to vote?
The story revolves around the background of the eruption of Mount Pinatubo Volcano in Zambales (a nearby province of Pampanga) in 1991 that resulted the displacement of these Aeta group to dwell in the lowlands of Pampanga. - (quoted by Studebaker )
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