A Documentary on the Payatas Landfill and Disaster.
The film documentary, "Payatas: A Mirror of Poverty" is a video narrative of the Payatas dump site tragedy in the Philippines that occurred last July 10, 2000. We were fortunate to be producing the documentary at the time when the disaster occurred. We were able to capture all the tragic details that transpired. The film narrative showcases interviews of the families of the victims of the tragedy. It also traces the roots of the Payatas residents and relates the recurring problems of internal migration from underdeveloped rural areas into the bigger and usually overcrowded metropolis like Manila. The film tries to explain why thousands of migrants from farming and rural communities flock to Manila to provide a "better" life for their families.
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