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Documentary: Manila High

MANILA HIGH - life in company with death (2018)

MANILA HIGH - life in company with death (2018)


This short documentary [12 min] was co-directed with Simone Gottschau. It follows a group of young caretakers in one of Manila’s public cemeteries. It's where they work, it's where they live, caring for the dead. President Duterte's war on drugs has kept them busy - but the caretakers can't help asking themselves: who will be next to end up in the graves?

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Winner of the Danida World Images Grant (Danida Verdensbilledelegat).