The Plight Of Lumads Summary

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Chasing Waves, Raising Awareness: The Plight of Lumads The film that was watched was Chasing Waves. The film was about two boys living in Mindanao, having the time of their lives in their prepubescent years. The boys are living in poverty while experiencing injustice and harm in their environment. This is then connected to the lives the Lumad’s are experiencing today, they experience being harassed by paramilitary and military groups (Manlupig, 2015). At the end of the movie one of the boys’ mother was killed because she was part of the residents who oppose the paramilitary and military groups. Incidents that happened in the movie also happened in real life. Extrajudicial killings are prominent in Mindanao. Lumads protested because they cannot take the injustice anymore (Tupaz, 2015). Officials, residents, and anyone who opposes the military and paramilitary groups were …show more content…

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