Tino's Barbershop Quartet in Action (1972) 18 minutes
Manongs: Tenants of the I-Hotel (1979) 10 minutes
Manilatown Lives! (1985) 15 minutes
The Rise of the I-Hotel (2003) 8.5 minutes
IN ACTION
Located on the ground floor of the historic
I-Hotel, Tino's served as a living room and
hang-out for the Pinoy bachelor society.
Herein, a heartrending few minutes with
some real pioneers.
recorded by Curtis Choy and Jiro Maru
This near-textless short film of the
struggle for the International Hotel was
the prequel for the 6-year project that
would become The Fall of The I-Hotel.
This is the story about a lively, vibrant
community crushed by law.
AFI Independent Filmmaker Award
The rebounding spirit of people 7 years after
the brutal evictions at the I-Hotel. Elderly
seniors, middle-aged activists and grand-
children pilgrimage to the I-Hotel ruins in
remembrance of Manilatown, then celebrate
the grand opening of the new Manilatown
Senior Center. Featuring lots of food, the
Manilatown Orchestra, tinkikling dancers,
poets, and gut-wrenching sing-alongs.
24 years after the destruction of the
International Hotel, the weed-strewn
empty lot (whose catacombs were
home to the homeless) is filled in and
shored up for the start of construction.
A new I-Hotel, a Catholic school, and
courtyard are built on top of a parking
garage.
Institutions: purchase $175
Home use: $35