Muted Screams: The Untold Stories of the Filipino Comfort Women
With strong historical social awareness, youth duo Jacob Rafael Chuavon and Jason Redick created a 10-minute historical documentary on Filipino comfort women in fulfillment of their history project for their 8th Grade social studies course at the Singapore American School.
Young Filipno Jacob Chuavon had strong interest in historical research in Philippine history to gain more connection to his roots and heritage. In choosing a topic, Jacob and his project partner Jason, were interested in World War 2 events, one of which was the plight of the Filipino comfort women.
The youths worked on in-depth historical research and documentation to put together a 10-minute video documentary as entry to The National History Day contest at the University of Maryland, USA.
Jacob travelled to the Philippines to interview key people in the organization involved in the welfare and rights of Filipino comfort women, namely, the Lila Pilipina organization. In this trip, Jacob had the privilege of interviewing one of the living Filipino comfort women, Lola Estelita Dy.
Jacob Chuavon with Lola Estelita Dy
Muted Screams won deserving awards and recognition we can be proud of:
1st Place, NHD South Asia Regional Competition (https://asia.nhd.org/?f=f4f3b611-de07-4e3f-a29a-71bd04acc392)
Qualified to compete in the NHD National Competition at the University of Maryland, College Park, USA.
9th Place Overall, NHD National Competition in their respective category (Junior Group Documentary) out of 100 entries from various US states and affiliates.
Selected from numerous entries as one of the 23 projects for the Student Documentary Showcase in the Oprah Winfrey Theater at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) in Washington D.C.
Certificate of Achievement presented to Jacob Chuavon and Jason Redick by NMAAHC Deputy Director Kinshasha Conwill
Certificate of Achievement as National Finalist in the National History Day Competition
Certificate of Achievement from the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC)
Jacob and Jason produced a documentary film impressive enough to make us think and appreciate the kind of freedom we enjoy in the Philippines. Watch the documentary through this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsZpwQ7pFac&feature=share
