image source: @paulsoriano1017
Born in early 1920s, Anita Linda is a Filipina actress who is active in the entertainment industry since the 1940s 'til now. I used to watch her movies as a child with my siblings. The black and white Filipino movies from as early as the 1930s aka the PPP (Piling Piling Pelikula) were the only choice on TV after the noon time variety show Eat Bulaga. Well, that was what we only knew since we had only one channel in our box type wooden Toshiba TV. Just Channel 9.
She was very pretty, mestiza, and played maldita in some of her old movies. I can't believe that at almost 92 years old, she is still a working actress in movies. She's just phenomenal!
This 5-minute short film directed by Paul Soriano starring Anita Linda made me cry. It made me proud to be Filipino. I told the little sister to let her Jewish boss watch this film. Sshh! Her boss liked Pres. Rodrigo Duterte until she learned about his insensitive remarks on Holocaust/Hitler. The Philippine president apologized already, and my little sister explained about it too to her boss.
This film is short but very touching. Watch it! Thank me later for sharing.
Years ago, there was also a documentary about how the Philippines saved 1,300 Jews from the Nazis. It is with the same title as the short story above but it was done by a different film maker based in Washington DC, Noel Izon. I've watched the documentary several times already. Here's the link for the trailer of the film.
