THE HEADHUNTER’S DAUGHTER
Directed by Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan- Philippines
- Drama, Music
- Ilokano
- Subtitled
- 2022
- 15 mins
Filmmakers in attendance. Film program will be followed by Q&A
Lynn, an aspiring country singer, and July, her trusty horse, endure an arduous descent along the Cordilleran highlands to make it to the city for an audition. Her journey leads her on a path where her indigenous identity is confronted by the unseen forces of the landscape’s colonial American past.
CREDITS
Director: Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan
Writer: Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan
Producer: Hannah Schierbeek
Director of Photography: Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan
Editor: Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan
Composer: Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan, Ammin Acha-ur
Sound Designer: Henry Hawks
Music: Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan, Ammin Acha-ur
Cast: Ammin Acha-ur, Pablo Quintos, Karla Prol Rev G. Naogsan
Precedes
SINGING IN THE WILDERNESS
Directed by Chen Dongnan
In the mountains of Southern China, a small community of Christian-Miao people have kept their religion and traditions safe until the Chinese propaganda machine discovered their “hidden talents.”
Plays in
KUWENTUHAN
Prepare the balikbayan box full of tissues with these films celebrating histories, heritage, and values through stories on the Philippine diaspora at home and abroad.
Dates & Times
Past
Directors Guild of America
Fri, May 6
5:00 pm
2220 Arts + Archives
Tue, May 10
7:00 pm