Together apart / written and directed by Maren Wickwire ; produced by Manifest Media.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Pacuyan, Carmen, on-screen participant.

Simeon, Gul Ann, on-screen participant.

Pacuyan, Alejandra, on-screen participant.

Pacuyan, Constantin, on-screen participant.

Wickwire, Maren, film director, director of photography.

Rodriguez Vilardebó, Iara, editor of moving image work.

Manifest Media (Firm), production company.

Collective Eye (Organization), distributor.

Language:

English

Tagalog

Subjects (All):

Filipinos--Cyprus--Social conditions.

Filipinos.

Foreign workers, Filipino--Cyprus--Social conditions.

Foreign workers, Filipino.

Women foreign workers--Cyprus--Social conditions.

Women foreign workers.

Igorot (Philippine people)--Economic conditions.

Igorot (Philippine people).

Immigrant families--Philippines.

Immigrant families.

Philippines--Emigration and immigration--Social aspects.

Philippines.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Nonfiction films.

Physical Description:

1 streaming video file (57 min.) : digital, sound, color

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Manifest Media, [2018]

Language Note:

In English and Tagalog with English subtitles ; closed captioning available.

System Details:

System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

digital

Summary:

This documentary is an intimate family portrait of two Igorot women from the Cordilleras, who left the Philippines to seek work abroad. As the most eastern outpost of the European Union, Cyprus has one of the lowest wages for migrant domestic helpers, but still recruits large numbers of workers. Guil Ann, a twenty-five-year-old woman from the Cordilleras in the Philippines follows her mother Carren to the other side of the world. Only months after mother and daughter reunite in Cyprus, unexpected events lead to Carren's departure. After being abroad for almost two decades, Carren has to adjust to a new life in the Philippines. Guil Ann realizes that if she is lucky, she might be able to return sooner to her family, but until then, everyone is relying on her income. Shifting between the temporary present and future imagination of serial migrants, the film contemplates notions of selfhood, belonging, and care, sharing insights into the complex web of transnational migration beyond the stereotypical narrative of victimization and sacrifice.

Participant:

Carren Pacuyan, Guil Ann Simeon, Alejandra Pacuyan, Constantin Pacuyan, Pacuyan family [and many others].

Credits:

Cinematography, Maren Wickwire ; editor, Iara Rodriguez Vilardebó.

Notes:

Title from title frames.

Distributed by Collective Eye.

Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed December 02, 2021).

OCLC:

1288334976

Publisher Number:

ce-tgap Docuseek2

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.