HanapBUHAY: HanapPATAY: A documentary on three death workers who make a living out of death and the dead

• Main Authors: Astorga, Ariane C., Santos, Katrina Mitchel A., Uy, Jacqueline D.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2008
• Subjects: Documentary films; Death care industry
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/6695
• Institution: De La Salle University

HanapBUHAY: HanapPATAY is a documentary that tells the story of three death workers who make a living out of death and the dead. They are the blue collar workers who are involved in the manual labor of the death industry. Ben Pineda is a coffin maker in Sto. Tomas, Pampanga. Rudy Acedebo is a member of a funeral marching band in Cagayan Valley. Edgardo Cantal is a grave caretaker in Manila Memorial Park, Paranaque. The documentary shows that although death workers play a significant role in society by making a living out of caring for our dead, they are also the ones who are more often than not unrecognized and unappreciated.