Hyacinth from the short film Black Rainbow is a mood
Hyacinth and her little brother Itan ride on a wagon driven by a carabao across the mountains somewhere in rural Zambales. Hyacinth looks nonchalantly at Itan who takes a good long look at the surroundings. Both of them are Sambal — one of several Aeta (black people indigenous to the Philippines) groups living and protecting their ancestral lands in central Luzon.
to elaborate:
she was asked in class for a color of the rainbow and she answered “black” and even defended her answer
what does she want to be when she grows up? “a goddess”
literally the most accessible physical help to learning the computer that her little brother can get, and she gladly takes it on, with a stick
demands that her brother make his prayer to Apo Namalyari a bit more specific
I'm not Aeta ok but as an annoying older sister I understand
honestly if you saw this short you will love both of them
I hope she and her people doing ok in real life, at least in little ways because the fight for these mountains never stopped with granting titles
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May 2022: #LoveAAPI Movies Too
May is Asian-American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month, and we're celebrating with a film you can get through us made by folks from every Asian country. Huge thanks to Sophie and Harry for refining this excellent list!
If you'd like more films from each of these countries and/or more info about these movies, subscribe to our Patreon!
Afghanistan: Osama (2003, Drama, PG-13)
Armenia: The Color of Pomegranates (1969, Biographical Drama/Music, Unrated)
Azerbaijan: Burnt by the Sun (1994, Drama/War, R)
Bahrain: The Barrier (1990, Drama, Unrated)
Bangladesh: Sincerely Yours, Dhaka (2018, Anthology/Drama, Unrated)
Bhutan: Travelers and Magicians (2003, Drama/Adventure, Unrated)
Brunei: Yasmine (2014, Teen Drama/Martial Arts, Unrated)
Cambodia: Rice People (1994, Drama, Unrated)
China: The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978, Action, R)
Cyprus: Boy on the Bridge (2016, Drama, Unrated)
East Timor: Beatriz’s War (2013, Historical Drama, Unrated)
Georgia: In Bloom (2013, Drama/Coming-Of-Age, Unrated)
India: Lootera (2013, Romance/Drama, Unrated)
Indonesia: Marlina The Murderer in Four Acts (2017, Thriller, Unrated)
Iran: The Wind Will Carry Us (1999, Drama, Unrated)
Iraq: Son of Babylon (2009, Drama, Unrated)
Israel: The Syrian Bride (2004, Drama, Unrated)
Japan: Departures (2008, Drama/Music, PG-13)
Jordan: Theeb (2014, Drama/Historical, Unrated)
Kazakhstan: Kaïrat (1992, Drama, Unrated)
Kuwait: The Message (1976, Drama/Epic, PG)
Kyrgyzstan: The Adopted Son (1998, Drama, Unrated)
Laos: The Long Walk (2019, Drama/Sci-fi, Unrated)
Lebanon: The Insult (2017, Drama, R)
Malaysia: I Don’t Want To Sleep Alone (2006, Drama/Romance, Unrated)
Maldives: Faree (2021, Drama, Unrated)
Mongolia: The Cave of the Yellow Dog (2005, Drama/Family, G)
Myanmar: The Road to Mandalay (2016, Drama/Romance, Unrated)
Nepal: White Sun (2016, Drama/Adventure, Unrated)
North Korea: The Other Side of the Mountain (2012, War Drama/Romance, Unrated)
Oman: The Dawn (Al-Boom) (2006, Drama, Unrated)
Pakistan: Moor (2015, Drama, Unrated)
Palestine: Chronicle of a Disappearance (1996, Drama/Experimental, Unrated)
The Philippines: Barber’s Tales (2013, Historical Drama, Unrated)
Qatar: Clockwise (2010, Adventure/Drama, Unrated)
Russia: Dersu Uzala (1975, Adventure/Drama, G)
Saudi Arabia: Wadjda (2012, Drama/Coming-Of-Age, PG)
Singapore: Shirkers (2018, Documentary, Unrated)
South Korea: The Host (2006, Horror/Drama, R)
Sri Lanka: Death on a Full Moon Day (1997, Drama, Unrated)
Syria: For Sama (2019, Documentary, Unrated)
Taiwan: A Brighter Summer Day (1991, Drama/Romance, Unrated)
Tajikistan: Luna Papa (1999, Comedy/Drama, Unrated)
Thailand: Cemetery of Splendor (2015, Drama/Fantasy, Unrated)
Turkey: Mustang (2015, Drama, PG-13)
Turkmenistan: The Daughter-in-Law (1972, Drama, Unrated)
United Arab Emirates: 10 Days Before the Wedding (2018, Drama/Romance, Unrated)
Uzbekistan: 2000 Songs of Farida (2020, Drama, Unrated)
Vietnam: Goodbye Mother (2019, Romance/Drama, Unrated)
Yemen: 10 Days Before the Wedding (2018, Drama, Unrated)
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