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    [EFF16S14] Session 14: Balikbayan #1- Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III

    Cite as: Temple, Michael and Barrington, Matthew (2023): [EFF16S14] Session 14: Balikbayan #1- Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III. Birkbeck College, University of London.

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    24 March 2016, 20:00, ICA Cinema 1

    Film: Balikbayan # 1 – Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III, Philippines, 2015, DCP, 150 minutes, English and Tagalog with English subtitles

    Balikbayan #1 – Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III is the ultimate home-movie historical epic and the conclusion of Kidlat Tahimik’s long-cherished dream of making a film about the real history of Enrique of Malacca, who became a slave of Ferdinand Magellan, and who might well have been the first man to circumnavigate the world in 1519-1521. He began shooting the film in the 1980s, and he worked intermittently on it for over 35 years until he finally resumed the shooting in 2013. The filmmaker assembles his footage in a powerful work of self-archaeology (the film starts with a box of film rolls being dug up from the ground) in order to reconstitute and share a forgotten story, thus reinstating a rich cultural heritage and fully embodying the essence of the “indi-genius” so important to his artistic and world vision. “The genius of the indigenous culture is still within us. We just have to recognise it, and let it flow out.” (Kidlat Tahimik)

    After the screening, Kidlat Tahimik was in conversation via Skype with May Adadol Ingawanij (University of Westminster).

    With thanks to Tobias Hering, Arsenal Institute for Film and Video Art, Open City Documentary Festival, and Goethe-Institut London.

    Previews


    1 - EFF1614 Introduction (EFF16S14 Kidlat Balikbayan Intro 24-3-2016.MP3)

    2 - EFF16S14 Q&A (EFF16S14 Kidlat Balikbayan Q&A 24-3-2016.MP3)

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    [EFF16S14] Session 14: Balikbayan #1- Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III
    Creators:

    Temple, Michael and Barrington, Matthew
    Dataset Contributors:

    ContributionNameEmailORCID
    CollaboratorMcCabe, Janetj.mccabe@bbk.ac.ukORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2916-9876
    CollaboratorYapp, Emmaeyapp01@student.bbk.ac.ukORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2646-6066
    Subjects:

    Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Creative Arts, Culture and Communication
    Data collection method:

    The Essay Film Festival ran between 2015 and 2023, and presented a global range of contemporary and restored essayistic works. The events are now archived here for research purposes.
    Collection period:

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    24 March 201624 March 2016
    Statement on legal, ethical, and access issues:

    All film stills were provided by participating artists.
    Depositing User: Emma Yapp
    Date Deposited: 06 Aug 2026 10:58
    Last Modified: 06 Aug 2026 10:58
    Publisher: Birkbeck College, University of London

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    Cite as: Temple, Michael and Barrington, Matthew (2023): [EFF16S14] Session 14: Balikbayan #1- Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III. Birkbeck College, University of London.

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