Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Sinong DAKILA?

TADO

Prior to his network television sitcom stints, Tado Jimenez has been an active member of the independent film community, having appeared in countless films. Little do viewers know that he has been a tireless student activist while studying at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines. Tado is also an accomplished photographer with several shows to his name as well as a vocalist for the rock band Live Tilapia.

RONNIE

The versatile Ronnie Lazaro is considered one of the country’s finest actors and has appeared in some of the most critically acclaimed films in recent Philippine cinema history including Oro, Plata, Mata, Misteryo sa Tuwa, Bayani, Sa Pusod ng Dagat, Raymond Red’s Cannes-winning short film Anino, Jose Rizal, Bagong Buwan, Hubad sa Ilalim ng Buwan, Panaghoy sa Suba, Ebolusyon ng Pamilyang Pilipino, just to name a few. The Bacolod-born Ronnie is also a veteran stage actor and is currently touring the country with the play ‘Hiblang Abo’.

BUWI

Parokya ni Edgar is currently one of the country’s most popular bands, with their distinct brand of music that combines catchy melodies and goofy, tongue-in-cheek humor, and Buhawi ‘Buwi’ Meneses, is the brains behind many of their hits, including the monster single ‘Mister Suave’. Buwi, a graduate of the UP College of Fine Arts, is also actively involved in spreading cancer awareness.

LOURD

Multi-awarded poet-essayist Lourd de Veyra fronts the spoken word-jazz-rock band Radioactive Sago Project. He has won the Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature and the Free Press Literary Awards several times, and has published two collections of poetry. His third book, written after winning a grant from the very first National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) Writers’ Prize, is due for publication early next year. Lourd is currently a junior associate of the UST Center for Creative Writing and Studies.

COOKY CHUA

vocalist/color it red

AIA DE LEON

voclaist/imago

ISKO a.k.a. Brod Pete

talented writer and comedian



NOEL CABANGON
musician, songwriter, actvist

CANDY PANGILINAN

theatre/tv/film actress, stand-up comedian and host

JEFFREY SANTOS

film and tv actor

KARL ROY

vocalist/kapatid

BOBBY BALINGIT
musician/the wuds, devout krishna, activist

MIGUEL PANCHO

film director, writer

LENA COBANGBANG

visual artist

MAHAL
need we say more?


Friday, June 08, 2007

The Beginning

Once upon a time, in the heart of Quezon City, a group of young artists conspired to form a collective of modern heroes . . .







Thus, DAKILA - Philippine Collective for Modern Heroism, was born.

Wednesday, June 06, 2007


MANIFESTO OF UNITY

We the members of DAKILA – Philippine Collective for Modern Heroism recognize that Philippine society is in desperate need of change.

We recognize that the nation is engulfed in evil, which is any force that hinders the people from development and progress.

We acknowledge that evil may take many forms – be it unjust government laws and policies, and treacherous political leaders absorbed only in their own selfish interests.

We understand that the greatest enemy of the Filipino people is apathy, and that evil prospers where good men do nothing.

We are fully aware that true reform begins in the consciousness of the individual.

We know that no song, no poem, no painting, no novel, no film has ever stopped a tank, prevented a bullet, or overthrown a corrupt government. But as disciples of the creative act, we value the virtue of every art form in enriching the spirit of the Filipino citizen, that the concern for the general social good can begin within a sensitivity opened up by enduring expressions of the human condition.

We recognize the potential of popular entertainment and mass media in helping shaping critical thought, instead of its prevalent state of intellectual and spiritual vacuity.

We recognize the power of education, which comes in various forms, and how this can be achieved through modern modes of expression and technologies.

We understand the effects popular mythology on the imagination of the youth, and how the worship of heroes — real or imagined— can be utilized to establish effective communication.

Lastly, we extol the virtues of joy and humor, that genuine social concern need not be solemn and grave, that, in the end, it remains a true celebration of life.