title: Shamans of Siquijor: The Healers

length: 27, DV, 2004

genre: Documentary

director: R. Brillantes

producer: R. Brillantes

synopsis: Profiles three traditional healers on Siquijor, Philippines. With guidance from the supernatural world, healers cure illnesses using medicinal herbs, incantations, a magical prayer wheel, and other means. Is folk healing still valuable for the social and spiritual life of the community or just a dying relic of old traditions?

festivals: SCREENINGS
Women In Film Program, Angelika Film Center, Dallas, TX, Sept. 2005
Fulbright Presentation, Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines, Sept. 2005
Filipino American National Historical Society, Annual Conference, Honolulu, HI, July 2006

directorcontact: R. Brillantes

emailaddress: r.brillantes.1 at alumni dot nyu dot edu

website: www.ShamansOfSiquijor.blogspot.com

distributor: Customflix

distribwebsite: http://CustomFlix.com/208973?ref=146874