Daan patungong tawaya (2019)

Preparing for the death anniversary of the 19 Martyrs, John Barrios unearths his research and encounters other educators and historians. Among them is Reynaldo Ileto who believes that the understanding of our history should not only be within the pages of written documents, but should also include our understanding of oral tradition. And so we take on a different road. While there are also women heroes, Philippine history can be considered male-centric. Little has been known, or hardly are there serious discussions about the important aspects of babaylanism in our history and in relation to the revolution. We also go beyond the discussion of war as we further move on to the positive portrayal of babaylans as animists and what our country might have been if not for the revolution. At this time of technological trappings and digital warfares, we can only aspire what we once were and how the country was when it was at peace by itself. This was our Tawaya and the road trip that this documentary will take and will bring us there.