Tatay na si Totoy: A video documentary on teenage fathers

• Main Authors: Paynor, Sheryl De Guzman, Perez, Sherrellin
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 1997
• Subjects: Documentary television programs; Adolescence; Parenting; Teenage parents; Teenage fathers; Teenage pregnancy
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/6700
• Institution: De La Salle University

Tatay na si Totoy is a video documentary on the testimonies of three young men who accepted and faced the responsibilities of being a teenage father. The three subjects narrated their experiences, hardships, adjustments, rewards and changes that comes along on being a father at a young age. Rowen was still 19 years old when he had his baby boy. He and his girlfriend, Madeline, live with his family and of course with their child. Michael had his baby when he was also 19 years old. They decided to get married and live alone with their child. Ian became a father when he was still 17 years old. At first, he and his girlfriend lived with his grandparents because his mother died and his father disowned him. After living together for three years now, they decided to separate and planned to leave the baby girl to the family of the mother. The video has approximately 16-minutes running time. It was shot on VHS and edited on non-linear editing. The language used was Filipino. Interviews were conducted and footage were taken.