Filipinwho?
photo from: amazon.com “ The past is the present, isn’t it? It’s the future, too. We all tried to lie out of that but life won’t let us.” — Eugene O’Neill Are you a Filipino? How do you say so? We would question ourselves if we are indeed a Filipino. What makes a person a Filipino? Does it have any qualifications to be called one? Like us, our ancestors also questioned themselves of what they are. This identity crisis was prevalent by the time they were colonized. We don't have any sense of character as we don't recognize ourselves. Every cultural trait we have was questioned if it's indeed a Filipino trait. There's a movie that utilized our continuous asking of ourselves. In 'Ganito kami noon, Paano kayo ngayon' film directed by Eddie Romero, starring the prominent actors of today, exhibited different answers of the characters on what is a Filipino. The movie was set up before the American Colonization. It greatly tackled about a weighty issue o...