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Gender Center co-shows indie film In Nomine Matris

The UPLB Gender Center, through the UPLB Sigma  Alpha Nu Sorority  and in cooperation with HUBO Productions, Inc., had two screenings of the independent film, In Nomine Matris (Sa Ngalan ng Ina) at DL Umali Auditorium, UPLB, July 24.

The film, directed and written by Will  Fredo, is about a young dance protégé named Mara Bonifacio Advento who aspires to land the top act of a dance company, but was faced with different challenges.

“It’s a journey of a woman who was subjected to different situations. It’s a story of a woman who failed to be a flamenco dancer due to internal problems she herself could work on to survive. It’s a choice between this and that, a journey at cross-roads between a career and personal concerns. If we are going to translate this in our own understanding, for me, it is liberating. Liberating in a sense that she was able to hurdle difficulties of women who pass through that stage,” said Maria Helen Dayo, director of the Gender Center.

 “Personally, as a woman, it’s a big factor to choose between a career or her motherhood. That’s one of the very emergent ideas in the film. The film showed how vast the influence of the western culture in our own that’s why it added more impact on the conflict between motherhood or career,” said Anca Paje, head of Sigma Alpha Nu Sorority.

During the screening of the film, Fredo, together with producers Medwin Garcia and Joan T. Manalang, lead actress Liza Diño, and special guest Aiza Seguerra  graced the event.

Meanwhile, notable Filipino from the industry worked for the film. Flamenco master Clara Ramona choreographed and fused Philippine dances and Spanish Flamenco rhythms and steps for the film. Jazz musician Bob Aves composed a musical score combining Filipino Kundiman and Flamenco ‘compas.’  Al Gatmaitan sang Spanish verse opera. And artist Jam Perez had an original open-mic poetry performance.

Written by Mahrion Abacan