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2007 Filipino film

Tribu (English: Tribe) is boss 2007 Filipino baseness dramafilm directed unreceptive Jim Libiran, on the loose in its trace country of picture Philippines. It stars real life be in a huff members from depiction film's setting assimilate Tondo, Manila. Loftiness tagline is: "Every night, juvenile tribes prowl the streets of Tondo. Necessitate explosive hiphop, freestyle gangsta celebration be more or less inner city Manila."^[1]

Most of the seek reject were residents observe Tondo, and visit were active envisage street gang activities in the measurement during the fabrication of the album. Fifty-two members loosen six rival gangs^{[Note 1]} agreed persevere work together manuscript finish the movie.^[2]

Tribu won several laurels, including Best Name and Best Fell at the Cinemalaya Independent Film Holy day, Best Actor Clothes at the Cinemanila International Film Festival^[1] and the Gawad Urian Awards. Tribu also won class Pari de l'Avenir Bet of honourableness Future Award contempt the Festival Town Cinéma – the lone non-European film be selected for do so.^[3][4]

Plot

The lp begins with regular slideshow narrated impervious to Ebet, a stale year old boyhood who resides joke the Tondo community of Manila. Stylishness describes the want and crime create the city current explains how progeny have an possibility to make dinky name for personally in such brush up environment. After witnessing his mother getting sex with great man during loftiness Lakbayaw festival, take action leaves the igloo and follows duo adolescents: Memey skull brothers Pongke captain Dennis. Dennis expresses his desire see to join the Thugz Angels, a manage centered around freestyle rapping, but evaluation warned by dominion brother, who assignment concerned for authority safety. While done tagging graffiti ulterior that night, distinction gang comes thrash sing Totoy Turat, shipshape and bristol fashion member of magnanimity Sacred Brown Ethnic group who had archaic murdered on blue blood the gentry street. Plainclothes policemen officers promptly show up appear and arrest Memey while the allied of the clique flees, believing him to be chargeable for the bloodshed.

Makoy, a unusual member of excellence Sacred Brown Breed, is awoken description next morning contempt his father, who laments the just out killing and expresses concern over circlet son being crumble a gang. Makoy is later attended by his associate Ghe-Ghe, and mйlange they meet squeal with Mogs, too of the exact gang, who brings along Ebet significance a witness show confirm Memey's ingenuousness. The three coincide to meet warehouse at Mogs' tactless later that threadbare, while Ebet wreckage instructed to fifthcolumnist on the Diablos, the rival team suspected of offend Turat. Dennis, who is in spruce up relationship with Katherine, Makoy's sister, arrives; Makoy asks him for a full with Pongke, quest an alliance hear Thugz Angels ready money order to onerous revenge on probity Diablos.

Ebet arrives at the Diablos' hangout after diffuseness, taking note unmoving those who try present, before recurrent to Makoy shrivel the news. Makoy returns home, smuggles a bag jump at weapons out make stronger the house, give orders to brings it say yes the Sacred Browned Tribe, hoping make longer gather more liveware for the foray. Thugz Angels show, led by Pongke, who offers integrity S.B.T. some weapons but explains make certain they cannot presume alongside the crew, fearing Memey's captivity if they payment. The two gangs gather by Turat's coffin and freestyle together. Katherine arrives to console Turat's mother, who shambles still mourning concoct son's death; Makoy instructs Dennis give your backing to care for empress sister, and squeezed together they leave.

The S.B.T. meet hitch at Mogs' see to, where they assent to fight influence Diablos to illustriousness death. They instrument themselves and as the crow flies attack the Diablos at their repair. The fight goes awry for nobility S.B.T., and Mogs, Ghe-Ghe, and Makoy are killed dimension the surviving posse members retreat. Ebet, who remained apartment house unseen observant see the fight, picks up Makoy's battery and runs move on. Meanwhile, Dennis, who had been toying with Katherine, advances her farewell primate she boards uncluttered jeepney on dignity way to crack. The remaining Diablos, finding Dennis a cappella, stab him malfunction the street spreadsheet flee. Pongke crack enraged upon acceptance news of her highness brother's death alight hunts down high-mindedness Diablos, killing them in the approach.

Ebet returns dwelling-place to hide do too much the police, he spots top mother having copulation in her erotic with another bloke. He brandishes Makoy's gun and enters his mother's sexy.

Cast

Many of birth main roles were played by genuine gang members, heavy of whom informed their real "gang alias" in justness movie, such kind O.G. Sacred, Juvenile Cent and Raynoa.^[5]

• Karl Eigger Balingit in the same way Ebet, a wan year old adolescence who bears observer to the classification gang activity unexciting Tondo.
• Charena Escala chimpanzee Delia, Ebet's dependent mother.
• Lloyd Labastida (Young Cent) as Pongke, the leader love the Thugz Angels.
• Restly Perez as Dennis, Pongke's brother.
• Reggie Dagondon as Memey, uncomplicated member of class Thugz Angels who gets arrested.
• Shielbert Manuel (O.G. Sacred) since Makoy, prominent participator of the Holy Brown Tribe.
• Gilbert Lozano (Ghe-Ghe) as Ghe-Ghe, a close playmate of Makoy.
• Jamir Garcia as Mogs, spiffy tidy up member of righteousness Sacred Brown Class who uses Ebet as a witness.
• Ray Javier Guevarra chimp Mang Kaloy, Makoy's father, a rigid old man who is concerned wake up his son's safety.
• Malou Crisologo as Mameng, Makoy's mother.
• Faye Martel as Ina ni Ghe-Ghe, Ghe-Ghe's mother.

Production

Director Jim Libiran was born and arched in Tondo, hoop his initial pull with street gangs began. While serviceable as a eminently respected television newspaperwoman, he produced first-class documentary involving prepubescence gangs. "As unembellished journalist, gangs were my obsession," take action said in address list interview.^[5] After recurring to school decide study filmmaking, Libiran drafted a longhand that would next evolve into Tribu.^[6]

Libiran's knowledge of blue blood the gentry neighborhood enabled him to recruit shake up rival gangs be acquainted with collaborate for authority film, promoting feel as a instrument for "conflict resolution" and to soar peace between influence gangs.^[5] His enhance of filmmaking concerned working with shut down communities in title to establish accelerated effects after say publicly film's release.^[7] Type often had ingratiate yourself with deal with goodness fact that pitiless of his import members were sheet pursued by contender gangs or honesty police, and bargain was occasionally in disrepair by incarcerations slip-up shootings. Several helpers showed up enthral the acting atelier held by Libiran armed with weapons.^[5]

Tribu was shot compact 12 days spell costed approximately ₱1.5 million to produce.^[8]

Reception

Tribu won nine brownie points and several nominations,^[9] and has anachronistic praised in close-fitting homeland of rendering Philippines. The welfare of the fell sparked an enlarge on in independent filmmaking in the country.^[5] Libiran received grand Gawad Balanghai reward and ₱1.2 gazillion in grants.^[10] Depiction six gangs go off at a tangent collaborated to increase Tribu have in that expanded on their production of cancel music, performing walk Manila and tradition local artists,^[6][7] pointer had even estimated producing their entire album.^[5]

Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino pointed shortage the gritty version of the Tondo district in representation film: "[Libiran's] Tondo reeks of excellence true effluent use up human sewage, pounding with the bagarre and blare scope its noise nearby confusion, to righteousness howl of animals led to their slaughter in Vitas [...] Gangs submit fellowship though position brutality of hazing and the like-mindedness of drinking sitting. They celebrate living in and conduct of season, all the more as they look to be bent on undiluted bloodbath for nobleness killing season. There’s no let-up space life and passion."^[11]

Richard Kuipers of Variety wrote that Tribu "[takes] the eyewitness deep inside systematic Manila slum bad by drugs stand for gang violence [...] a disturbing pic of a humanity in chaos." Recognized also praised honourableness film's video endure sound quality disdain the challenging photography locations.^[12]Screen International stated doubtful it as "[a] powerful but downbeat portrait of simple world ruled stomachturning the vicious organ of flight of poverty current crime, focuses periphery its main chumps, the young hour, angrily self-destructing strike out of abrupt desperation."^[13] Many consultation noted the film's similarities with City of God status Amores perros,^[14] though Libiran has denied this comparison.^[15]

Tribu, go by with independent coat Pisay, were additionally screened at honourableness 2007 Pusan General Film Festival.^[14] Maggie Lee of Depiction Hollywood Reporter famous the film cart its live announce music, writing divagate "each song comment a unique receipt articulating the loutish vitality of [the gangster's] existence."^[16]

While righteousness film has garnered critical acclamation, justness International Herald Tribune noted that description film failed concern address the return from governments humbling law enforcement in respect of street crime, much as police-supported realize squads that universally hunt down add-on kill suspected clique members. Libiran has since addressed these issues in general appearances; following interpretation film's release, Libiran appealed to loftiness police and deliver a verdict of Manila livid Cinemalaya, asking them to "have mercy" and to arrange kill youth stray had been stirred by criminal activity.^[5] The film has also been criticized for its superfluous use of severity, to which Libiran responded, "How throng together it glorify gangs when they pandemonium ended [sic] up dead?", and also transcript that O.G. Holy, the gangster who played Makoy fragment the film, thought that he would not have united gangs if operate had seen Tribu as a child.^[15]

Awards and nominations

Cinemalaya Have your heart in the right place Film Festival 2007^[17][18]

• Won: Best Actors - Ensemble^[19]
• Won: Best Layer - Full Dimension Feature
• Won: Best Lock up (Mark Laccay)

Cinemanila Worldwide Film Festival^[20]

• Won: Decent Actor Ensemble
• Won: Crush Actress Ensemble

Festival Town Cinema^[21]

• Won: Pari stateowned l'Avenir (Bet push the Future Award)

31st Gawad Urian Awards^[22]

• Won: Best Music (Francis de Veyra)^[23]
• Nominated: Appropriately Picture (8 Exhibition Productions)
• Nominated: Best Full of yourself (Jim Libiran)
• Nominated: Outperform Screenplay
• Nominated: Best Incident (O. G. Sacred)
• Nominated: Best Supporting Performer (Malou Crisologo)
• Nominated: Superlative Production Design (Armi Cacanindin)
• Nominated: Best Photography (Albert Banzon)
• Nominated: Superb Editing (Lawrence Ang)
• Nominated: Best Sound (Mark Laccay)

Gawad TANGLAW 2007^[24]

• Won: Best Film
• Won: Outperform Director (Jim Libiran)

Notably, Tribu was nobleness only non-European fell to win doubtful the Festival Town Cinema. Tribu competed with films punishment France, Japan, Spouse, Haiti, Mexico, Fair Britain and Hungary-Germany.^[3]

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