Dali di hampang ta

Abstract: Stop. Motion. Nothing is quite universal than the persistence of daily struggle, dealing with truthful images and new media changing the world. There are no exceptions: the transit towards social justice is slow-moving, if not stagnant; the quandary over silence and clamor; the nuances of recurrences vs. disappearances; and the effects of isolation vs. shared suffering. "Come Play With Me" explores the paradox and ironies that surround the memory loss of Filipinos and the blind faith that goes with it refusing stimulating discussions. The film hopes to become an occasion for both pause, movement and action. The official televised declaration of martial law by then Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos on September 21, 1972 is juxtaposed with images subtly criticizing: the effects of it and how power was used to prey on the Filipino people; the violence that went with the abuses and how people of today forget of this part of Philippine history; how the treachery to the Filipino people seemed like a game to those in power and how they have manipulated events to amass wealth from the taxes paid by its citizens; and how all of this play in today's society - that everything becomes a cycle wherein justice takes a backseat in all the chaos of politics, money, greed and power. The pressing question now should be, when will the Filipinos ever learn; when will this be game over?