I worked on over twenty-five feature films in the country in a span of 10 years and only one was a documentary. The rest were all narratives. So in my mind, I was prepared to do this film. I was not. We spent three years trying to make sense of this documentary and although I’m happy that I found my voice, I wish I had studied film more.
What I can say is that this was not just another film project for me. This was very personal. I go home to Negros at least once a year and face my family, face my friends, face the Negrense hacienderos. I had to be sure I could hold up to what I said in this documentary. And I can.