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To compliment
efforts to ensure our continuing contribution and passionate commitment to
prevent, reverse or to maintain it at its alarming condition (read: hidden and
growing) the spread of HIV/AIDS epidemic, Bisdak Pride Inc. (BPI) sponsored the
7.00pm and 9.30pm Cebu premiere of “Zombadings 1: Patayin sa shokot si
Remington” last 25 August 2011 at SM City Cebu Cinema 2.
The film was
produced, written and directed by an-all writers media group Origin8 Media Inc.
BPI, a non-stock non-profit gender
equality advocates since 2005, organized the premiere to ensure that the
activity will help boosts the film’s rating in time for its national regular
screening last 31 August.
This is part of
our commitment to support locally produced and exceptional films that tackles
the standard issues of the day. Zombadings is one film that stirs debate. It
lurks into our consciousness and mobilizes our thoughts, allowing us to
understand the film as it presents issues worthy of our support. No film, with
all its vigor and creativity that breaks ice – save Zombadings – can present
such ease and comfort.
All proceeds of
the film will go to our HIV/AIDS prevention campaign dubbed as “Pink Mobile Discussion
Group” a one-year internally-funded project which will be implemented to
various communities, schools, and workplaces.
The advance screening
coincided with the one-week conference on HIV/AIDS response organized by the
Local Government Academy (LGA). The one-week conference, was attended by local
government officials from the Department of Interior and Local Government
(DILG) and the Department of Health (DOH) nationwide and Men-Having-Sex-With-Men
and Transgender (MSM/TG) communities in the Visayas.
I am thankful
that some delegates attended the advanced screening. Thanks to Anastacio
Marasigan and Renier Bona of TLF Share Collective Inc., Philip Castro of UNDP
Philippines AIDS response, Glenn Cruz of the Philippine National AIDS Council
(PNAC), Jerson See and some Cebu Plus Inc. members and volunteers, Dr. Ilya
Abellanosa-Tac-an of the Cebu City Multi-Sectoral AIDS Council (CCMSAC) and
some staff, Ronnie Sab-a adviser of Self-Motivated Gays of Barangay Luz
(SEMGAB) together with some members, members of Gay Empowerment of Minglanilla
(GEM), the dashing Magdalena Robinson of COLORS together with some glittering
members, among others.
To Cebu ’s academic community, our advocacy partners, thank
you for watching and appreciating the film.
To the following
sponsors whose passion and commitment to help the advocacy of BPI, were also
there giving their support and moving us an inch closer to sainthood. Thank
you!
To Dreamline
Productions Inc., Cebu ’s premiere production
outfit for the tarpaulin, discounted tickets, for the photos and videos, thank
you. We cannot reminisce our beautiful smiles and moving acts without you guys.
Esteemed thanks to their president Mikio Makino Jr for all the support.
For plugging
daily the screening of Zombadings, many thanks to ASLE Resto Bar, owned by
Charina and Tony White for giving our staff and volunteers the dinner reception
they rightfully deserved. To the bands performing at ASLE’s thank you for
plugging Zombadings screenings everyday for a week. Such simple gestures really
help a lot.
Giving us a
taste of Cebu ’s glorious Spanish delicacy
heritage, countless thanks to IPAR’s Spanish Restaurant. IPAR’s delighted not
only our empty stomachs but also our press conference due to its delicately and
well decorated restaurant. The press conference was attended by Cebu ’s active bloggers and mainstream media, they give us
and the film a more fitting and appropriate space.
To my dearest
friend, Ferliza Contratesta, the host of SUGBO PAGPANGINLABOT, a daily
radio-magazine program aired live from 7:00pm-8:00pm on Bantay Radyo DYDD 1260
KHz for giving away free tickets to its loyal listeners, please accept my
boundless joy.
To Casa Escario
for the free lunch to the cast, thank you.
To Cebu Fair Trade Shop for selling tickets, many thanks.
To the Law
Students Leauge of Cebu, most especially to Jaime Tumulak, thank you for all
the support.
Finally, to the
Cebu City Legislative Council especially to Hon. Raul D. Alcoseba and Hon.
Alvin Dizon whose support for BPIs endeavors is exceptional. We hope to sustain
our collaboration in the years to come. (to
be continued)
