Hymns from the Dead

Grace Simbulan

2024 / 13 minutes
Philippines / Philippines
Tagalog with English Subtitles

Hymns from the Dead is a multimodal piece that examines the afterlives of the war on drugs in the Philippines. It narrates the realities of state-sponsored violence without resorting to graphic images, instead focusing on the spaces and stories shaped by this conflict. Through the voices of victims and witnesses, the film reveals a landscape of violence in Asia’s largest Catholic country.