Kidlat Tahimik and the Determination of a Native Filmmaker

Using field notes drawn from participative research in the context of his home life in Hapao, Ifugao and Baguio City, Benguet, as well as information gathered through interviews with his family, confidantes, and mentees, the article revaluates the oeuvre of pioneering independent filmmaker, Kidlat T...

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Main Author: Campos, Patrick F.
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Published: Archīum Ateneo 2024
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Online Access:https://archium.ateneo.edu/kk/vol1/iss25/5
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spelling ph-ateneo-arc.kk-16432024-12-18T11:48:02Z Kidlat Tahimik and the Determination of a Native Filmmaker Campos, Patrick F. Using field notes drawn from participative research in the context of his home life in Hapao, Ifugao and Baguio City, Benguet, as well as information gathered through interviews with his family, confidantes, and mentees, the article revaluates the oeuvre of pioneering independent filmmaker, Kidlat Tahimik. It is written self-reflexively, approximating the critic’s process of understanding Kidlat’s work through the lenses of a personal encounter. It critiques Kidlat’s cinema, with special focus on Why is Yellow the Middle of the Rainbow? (1994), and reads it as his determination to author himself as “native” and “Third World” filmmaker, the same determination that animates the “independence” of his film practice. 2024-12-18T13:12:58Z text application/pdf https://archium.ateneo.edu/kk/vol1/iss25/5 info:doi/10.13185/1656-152x.1643 https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/kk/article/1643/viewcontent/_5BKKv00n25_2015_5D_202.3_Article_Campos.pdf Kritika Kultura Archīum Ateneo Independent Cinema Kidlat Tahimik Philippine Cinema Third Cinema
institution Ateneo De Manila University
building Ateneo De Manila University Library
continent Asia
country Philippines
Philippines
content_provider Ateneo De Manila University Library
collection archium.Ateneo Institutional Repository
topic Independent Cinema
Kidlat Tahimik
Philippine Cinema
Third Cinema
spellingShingle Independent Cinema
Kidlat Tahimik
Philippine Cinema
Third Cinema
Campos, Patrick F.
Kidlat Tahimik and the Determination of a Native Filmmaker
description Using field notes drawn from participative research in the context of his home life in Hapao, Ifugao and Baguio City, Benguet, as well as information gathered through interviews with his family, confidantes, and mentees, the article revaluates the oeuvre of pioneering independent filmmaker, Kidlat Tahimik. It is written self-reflexively, approximating the critic’s process of understanding Kidlat’s work through the lenses of a personal encounter. It critiques Kidlat’s cinema, with special focus on Why is Yellow the Middle of the Rainbow? (1994), and reads it as his determination to author himself as “native” and “Third World” filmmaker, the same determination that animates the “independence” of his film practice.
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title Kidlat Tahimik and the Determination of a Native Filmmaker
title_short Kidlat Tahimik and the Determination of a Native Filmmaker
title_full Kidlat Tahimik and the Determination of a Native Filmmaker
title_fullStr Kidlat Tahimik and the Determination of a Native Filmmaker
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publisher Archīum Ateneo
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url https://archium.ateneo.edu/kk/vol1/iss25/5
https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/kk/article/1643/viewcontent/_5BKKv00n25_2015_5D_202.3_Article_Campos.pdf
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