Pátok (The Mountain Carvers) FULL ONLINE RELEASE OFFICIAL

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DIRECTOR'S NOTE:

One year after it was premiered in San Jose, Antique, on May 1, 2019, Pátok (The Mountain Carvers) is finally being released online. The decision to release (freely and for eternity) comes after realizing that this pandemic is not going to go anytime soon. We planned to bring the film to students especially of Western Visayas but that will not happen anymore. Should the tour have pushed through, we would have shared (as we have pledged) a percentage of the income to Brgy. Gen. Fullon, as well as to fund our other projects, in other areas of Antique and Panay, but that that does not seem plausible anymore. I was afraid that, like many projects presented to indigenous communities, Pátok would just be another lip-service.

Looking back, there was only one reason why I started doing this project five years ago: I thought the story of the Iraynon Bukidnon community in Gen. Fullon was incredible. It was astounding that there was no prior record of their of rice terraces, their knowledge, their culture, in books and researches, despite the fact that researchers and anthropologists have scoured the mountains and hinterlands of Panay. Very few are familiar with the Iraynon Bukidnon as a people. The few researches found in the manuscripts of NCIP, only a handful of obscure researchers have read.

But one day I came across a few lines from renowned Filipino writer Ferdinand Jarin who said,

"Hangga't di naman 'yan binabasa, kinilala at inangkin ng mas maraming mambabasa, bukod sa kayo-kayo lang, wala pa ring buhay ang akdang 'yan." (Until it is not read, acknowledged, and accepted by a larger reader, aside from your own circle, your work will not have lived.)

And that struck me. Maybe the task of trying to help Gen. Fullon and the other Iraynon Bukidnon communities is too big a task for me alone. If only more people knew about them then maybe they'd receive more attention. And so I release Pátok (The Mountain Carvers) for its audience out there. I am hoping that, with the attention it will generate, there will be people, no matter how few, who will join us in helping our indigenous communities.

Drop us a message at patokthemountaincarvers@gmail.com.

(For HD viewing, you may also watch on Youtube at https://youtu.be/2bN4M5v78Q8)

FILM CREDITS

Key informants

Alberto Apolinario
Manggina Banicio
Julito Bayog
Jun Bayog
Nicolasito Calawag
Mila Crespo
Christine Francisco
Rex Gomez
Vilma Gomez
Thelma Jauod
Martin Juayang, Jr.
Eliodora Labos-Dimzon
Randy Madrid
Cladina Manalo
Pedro Manalo
Rexon Cepeda Nodque
Chester Rene Regondon 
Joel Viceda
Melinda Viceda

Crew

PÁTOK (The Mountain Carvers)
Writer/Director: Emmanuel Lerona
Editors: Emmanuel Lerona, Ruperto Quitag
Camera: Emmanuel Lerona, Ruperto Quitag, GC Castro
Aerials: Emmanuel Lerona, Ruperto Quitag, GC Castro, Jonathan Jurilla
Producers: Emmanuel Lerona, Susan Mila Alvarez-Tosalem
Executive Producers: National Commission for Culture & the Arts, Commission on Higher Education, Division of Humanities - University of the Philippines Visayas
Line Producer: Ma. Regina Montevirgen
Researcher: Emmanuel Lerona
Consultants: Kevin Peter Amado Piamonte, Joyce Christine Colon
Original Scoring: Armor Jan Rapista
Theme Song: "Mauli gid ako sa Antique" rearranged and sung by Neil Cortez, from the original composition by and used with permission from Dante Beriong
Translation & Subtitles: Emmanuel Lerona
Field Assistants: Flord Nicson Calawag, Ruperto Quitag, Chester Rene Regondon, Jose Romulo Bautista
Poster design: Arnel Telesforo

Pátok (The Mountain Carvers) is Rated G (Suitable for General Audiences) by the Film Development Council of the Philippines.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We would like to thank all who have supported this project from the very start.

Lerona & Alfeche Family
The people of Gen. Fullon
Brgy. Captain Noli Maguad
Gen. Fullon Iraynon Bukidnon Tribal Leader Julito Bayog
Ruperto Quitag
Susan Mila Alvarez-Tosalem
Kevin Piamonte
Bobby Rodriguez
UPV Division of Humanities Faculty & Staff
Nelson Rondan
Flord Nicson Calawag & Family
Kawa Inn & Calawag Mountain Resort, Tibiao, Antique
Richard Orozco
Laura Terrestre Castillo
Ramon Gibaga
Jose Jeffrey Lomugdang
Gene Cabrera
Maria Elizabeth “Weegee” Mate & Chaivut Suthibutr
Panay Orthopedic Supply, Inc.
Dr. Lucille Detoyato
Kholin Decena-Provido
Robinson San Jose Antique
Jilleah Grantos
Festive Walk Iloilo
Shella Mateo
Buford Johbeat Tan
Karmela Jesena
Rea Gregori
Jun Ramirez
UPV Mountaineering Club

and to those whose names escape me now, I apologize for not including you here, but my sincerest gratitude.

YouTube url:	https://youtu.be/2bN4M5v78Q8
Created:	30. 6. 2021 14:59:18

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Pátok (The Mountain Carvers) FULL ONLINE RELEASE OFFICIAL