Kalinga (Care)| 28mins
Director: Kent Donguines | Producer: Kent Donguines, Robin Macabulos, Maxime Beauchamp
Focus Years: 2020 | Country: Canada
Subject Tags: americas, canada, community, her mission, her workers, sacrificial fire, the mother
Quality Tags: Optimistic, Slow, Activating, Harmonizing
Synopsis:
At the age of six, director Kent Donguines’ mother left him and his family to become a nanny. Years later, his film Kalinga (Care) shares the stories of several Filipina caregivers and nannies in Vancouver, bearing witness to their sacrifices as they struggle to reunite with their children and families.