Education transcends traditional means. The world itself is a huge classroom. With the advent of technology, learning has become more accessible, fun, and easier. Movies are among the learning tools with the greatest potential, even in the Philippines, which was considered a major filmmaking center in Asia only 70 years ago, as represented by the National Artist for Film Manuel Conde, who sat at a screening of his movie Genghis Khan at the Venice Film Festival in 1952 together with the world’s foremost filmmakers of the time.
Filipinos have an undying love for entertainment, for soap operas and drama, to a point that the country is touted as the “nation of teleseryes.” Film, therefore, is a perfect format to educate the Pinoys.