A friend and I are dreaming of creating our own Kapampangan TV series -- an urban action fantasy type that would make modern Kapampangans proud of their ethnicity.
Here are three sample videos we made for pitching to TV executives.
We used actors from the Academy of Performing Arts in Angeles City.
April 18, 2008
April 17, 2008
Pampanga's "Sisig Queen" murdered
By Tonette Orejas, Inquirer Central Luzon
ANGELES CITY--Local culinary legend Lucia "Lucing" Cunanan, who brought the traditional "sisig" to fame, was stabbed and killed by unknown attackers on Wednesday in her home on C. M. Recto St. here, police said.
The suspects stabbed Cunanan at least 10 times in different parts of the body, Chief Insp. Jaime Villamil, chief of the Angeles City police's Station 6, said, citing initial police findings. The instrument, probably a knife, was not found in the bedroom where Cunanan, 80, was killed. Her white bag, gold necklace and ring were missing, it was learned.
Zeny, Cunanan's eldest daughter, said her father Victorino, 85, left the house at 4:30 a.m. to buy breakfast. When he returned home at about 5 a.m., he found Cunanan bloodied and dead while slumped on a chair in their bedroom. Zeny told reporters that the suspects might have used a hammer to smash her mother's face.
Villamil said a hammer was not found in the bedroom and the multiple wounds indicated that the suspects used a sharp object. Barangay Capt. Valentino Lagman said a neighbor of the Cunanans saw a man in red shirt walking several times in front of the house a few minutes before the murder.
Zeny said some relatives had a quarrel with Cunanan over money matters.
But she refused to link that incident to the murder. "We are very sad that this had happened. Our mother was kind and she had no enemy as far as we knew," Zeny told reporters.
Cunanan began her sisig business in 1974 on a small stall along Crossing, a strip of rickety eateries and bars beside the old railroad tracks in Angeles City.
"Apung Lucing" is how that stall is called until now even it has now occupied three adjacent stalls.
ANGELES CITY--Local culinary legend Lucia "Lucing" Cunanan, who brought the traditional "sisig" to fame, was stabbed and killed by unknown attackers on Wednesday in her home on C. M. Recto St. here, police said.
The suspects stabbed Cunanan at least 10 times in different parts of the body, Chief Insp. Jaime Villamil, chief of the Angeles City police's Station 6, said, citing initial police findings. The instrument, probably a knife, was not found in the bedroom where Cunanan, 80, was killed. Her white bag, gold necklace and ring were missing, it was learned.
Zeny, Cunanan's eldest daughter, said her father Victorino, 85, left the house at 4:30 a.m. to buy breakfast. When he returned home at about 5 a.m., he found Cunanan bloodied and dead while slumped on a chair in their bedroom. Zeny told reporters that the suspects might have used a hammer to smash her mother's face.
Villamil said a hammer was not found in the bedroom and the multiple wounds indicated that the suspects used a sharp object. Barangay Capt. Valentino Lagman said a neighbor of the Cunanans saw a man in red shirt walking several times in front of the house a few minutes before the murder.
Zeny said some relatives had a quarrel with Cunanan over money matters.
But she refused to link that incident to the murder. "We are very sad that this had happened. Our mother was kind and she had no enemy as far as we knew," Zeny told reporters.
Cunanan began her sisig business in 1974 on a small stall along Crossing, a strip of rickety eateries and bars beside the old railroad tracks in Angeles City.
"Apung Lucing" is how that stall is called until now even it has now occupied three adjacent stalls.
April 13, 2008
RocKapampangan launching on Pep TV
The launching concert of the RocKapampangan album is being aired on Pep TV (for ACCTN subscribers only) on the following dates, every ka-9 ning bengi.
April 13 (Sun)
April 15 (Tue)
April 17 (Thu)
April 20 (Sun)
Performances by: Mental Floss, Tibuan, Asthma, 5 Against The Wall, Mernuts, Dialogo, Chilimansi, Nora Aunor Fans' Club, and Silence.
April 13 (Sun)
April 15 (Tue)
April 17 (Thu)
April 20 (Sun)
Performances by: Mental Floss, Tibuan, Asthma, 5 Against The Wall, Mernuts, Dialogo, Chilimansi, Nora Aunor Fans' Club, and Silence.
April 11, 2008
An indie film about Cockfighting and Maleldo
Jerwin Espiritu, a colleague of mine in the UP College of Mass Communication, in spite of not making it to the Finals of the 2008 Cinemalaya Film Festival Full-Length Category, pursued his entry titled Kristo.It's a Kapampangan-themed film about the Kristos in cockfighting, paralleled with the those who play Jesus Christ during Maleldo, or the Kapampangan Holy Week. Cutud, Pampanga is the setting of the story.
The film is topbilled by Jay Manalo who plays the role of Pedring, a Kristo who is addicted to cockfighting. Lina is his live in partner, played by Katherine Luna. Pedring's two children are Magda, played by a theater actress, and Karyo, played by Christian Vasquez. Aleck Bovick plays the role of a lesbian Kristo.
During the Cutud crucifixion rite, which is held annually both for traditional and tourism purposes, the staff and crew of Kristo went really to Cutud to snatch some actual flagellation and crucifixion scenes.
Now, since Espiritu didn't make it to the Cinemalaya Finalists' roster, who produced his film? It's none other than sexy actor Carlo Maceda.
One day, while a friend and I were hanging out at the Center for Kapampangan Studies, Espiritu, along with other people, including Carlo Maceda barged in. They went to the Kapampangan Center to consult about the Maleldo traditions in Pampanga. It was at that moment we learned that Carlo Maceda actually has Kapampangan blood, if not a pure Kapampangan, and Apalit is his hometown.
According to him, he became interested in producing Espiritu's film because he wanted to somehow know more about his Kapampangan roots and, if possible, promote its uniqueness to the world.
Kristo is one of the three Kapampangan-themed films being produced simultaneously by different production groups. The other two are Serbis by Brillante Mendoza, a film about the goings on in the Family Theater of Brgy. San Nicolas, Angeles City, starring Gina Pareno and Jaclyn Jose; and Jay by Francis Xavier Pasion, a murder mystery film set in Bacolor that made it to the Cinemalaya 2008 Finals, starring Baron Geisler.
April 1, 2008
Emergence of Kapampangan digital comics
I, Justin Gatus, and Ernie Saban are so far the only Kapampangan digital comic strip makers in existence, and we're not even that matenakan when it comes to drawing. We just capitalize on our willpower and see what comes out. Below are few samples.
Calling on other artists to make more comic strips. :)
EmoKapampangan by Jason Paul Laxamana
Erico Dagis by Justin Gatus
Calling on other artists to make more comic strips. :)
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