Asia’s Titanic the first Pinoy documentary on National Geographic by Direk Yam Laranas
Aug. 18, 2009 at Rockwell Cinema1 (6pm)
After a feeding program at our house clinic in cooperation with Gawad Kalinga and fellow volunteers, I rushed to Rockwell excited to watch the premiere screening of “Asia’s Titanic”. After the screening all ll I can say is that award-winning Filipino director Yam Laranas was very fortunate to have been tapped by The National Geographic to recreate the tragic MV Doña Paz collision with an oil tanker more than a decade ago.
This is the first documentary produced by National Geographic Channel in collaboration with a Philippine film production under the NGCI-EDB Development Fund. “Asia’s Titanic,” which tells of the tragic sinking of MV Doña Paz just few days before Christmas of 1987, will premiere on NGC (Sky Cable Channel 41) on 25 August 2009, Tuesday, at 9 p.m.
I will surely watch it again with my family and say a prayer for those who have experienced a maritime tragedy. Am hoping that the proper authorities will watch and take heed..preventing such mishaps to ever happen again.
Cheers and Godbless! =]
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born celestial, adopted/raised on earth..in the final leg of training for truth and justice..cheers
aajao said:
Aug 24, 09 at 15:07i want a dvd copy of this. you know how i can get one?
reyjr said:
Aug 25, 09 at 02:34Hi Sire.
If I remember correctly, this tragedy was far bigger than the Titanic in terms of number of fatalities. Essentially 2 ships kasi diba? Tragic talaga.
The worst part of it is, tragedies like this have not stopped in the Philippines – dami pa rin underqualified boatmen, uninspected ships and boats, tsk tsk tsk…
Sire said:
Aug 25, 09 at 07:39Watch it on NatGeo bro I don’t know if they have it on dvd already..Cheers and Godbless! =]
Sire said:
Aug 25, 09 at 07:45Yes, its alarming that still our maritime agency, coast guard, shipping lines..our government have not implemented strict guidelines despite what happened to the M/V Dona Paz. Let’s hope this documentary stir yet again their senses to act accordingly. Tnxies..Cheers and Godbless! =]
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Nek said:
Sep 08, 09 at 10:16nobody was able to record it and upload it to youtube.
will they have a DVD?
Sire said:
Sep 08, 09 at 10:48I think eventually The National Geographic Channel will release a dvd copy. You can check out their website for tv screening schedules of this Filipino-made documentary in the meantime. Thank you nd hope you’ll be a regular visitor..Cheers and God bless! =]
Ria said:
Sep 09, 09 at 06:24I missed the show when it was screened in nat geo. i hope to catch it soon or at least get a dvd.
Sire said:
Sep 09, 09 at 08:06Yes, me too! I hope they replay it and then release a dvd version soon! =]