A Short Film About the Indio Nacional (2005)
What follows is a black-and-white silent film set in the 1890s during the brewing Filipino revolution against Spanish colonialism. A series of tragic and comic sequences tells the Three Ages of an Indio (“common man”) as he progresses from boy bell ringer in a village church to teenage revolutionary to adult theater actor rehearsing a popular Spanish play.
Director: Raya Martin
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Lemuel Galman as |
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Mark Joshua Maclang as |
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Russell Ongkeko as |
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Bodjie Pascua as |
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Suzette Velasco as |
| Sound | Khavn | Music |
| Production | Arleen Cuevas | Co-Producer |
| Editing | Bernice Anne Esteban | Editor |
| Editing | Louie Quirino | Editor |
| Production | Raya Martin | Producer |
| Art | Vincent Viray | Art Direction |
| Crew | Maisa Demetillo | Cinematography |
| Sound | Joe Hernandez | Sound |
| Art | Joy Domingo | Production Design |
| Sound | Tad Ermitaño | Sound |
| Directing | Raya Martin | Director |
| Writing | Raya Martin | Writer |