The Myth of Manila(2021)

The Myth of Manila is a documentary film following Sandra, a middle-aged journalist navigating Metro Manila during the pandemic's devastating lockdowns. When she wakes with symptoms, Sandra does something unprecedented: she turns the camera on herself, documenting her own condition while capturing the city's suffering around her. As she searches for medical care, she encounters overwhelmed hospitals with endless queues and turns to Quiapo Church, a sanctuary for the desperate. The film becomes a raw, intimate chronicle of one woman's struggle against both illness and systemic collapse, blending personal testimony with the broader crisis engulfing the city. Sandra's act of witnessing transforms her reporting into an urgent public record of Manila's darkest hours.