InputName - April 21st, 2006, 6:05 pm

I would really like to know what happen to joey lozano.

InputName - June 12th, 2005, 7:02 am

By the way, the writer below is Datu Arnulfo Makapukaw Saliot, co-founder of the coalition Nakamata who is featured in the film Seeing is Believing.

InputName - June 12th, 2005, 6:59 am

Daghang salamat sa padayon nga interes nga inyuhang gikapkita. Andam mi makiglambigit kaninyo sa unsa man nga hinabang nga inyuhang ikahatag para maabot namo ang kadaugan sa katungod namo sa yutang kabilin. (Thank you very much for your continued interest. We are open to cooperating with you for any assistance so that we could be successful in asserting our rights over our ancestral domain.)

InputName - April 4th, 2005, 12:38 pm

we will help you to show this excellant film in europe. these actions phillipines are great examples for an alternative - information- network.let's schow the pictures censured all over the world! http://www.k-films.fr

InputName - February 25th, 2005, 10:06 pm

I thought "Seeing is Believing" was quite well presented and provided an unbiased view. Many good points covered but did not encourage the viewer to observe with skeptecism, only mystery and hopefully genuine interest in the growing belief that there is more beyond ourselves. I would like to believe that if we are intelligent enough to consider this, then perhaps there is hope yet that we may view our own planet through a more searching eye to reveal many of the other cover ups that keep us from understanding the reality of how governing demoralization,domination and manipulation evades environmental issues, favoring the capitalistic rewards at the cost of our planet and humanity.

InputName - May 20th, 2004, 12:25 pm

to the people who made seeing is believing. I'm so proud of you guys! Thanks to you joey for risking your life for a cause and defending our brothers against the greedy, wealthy, pigs. Joey keep up the good work! and to the people who help joey and the made the film.Thank you! and our prayers to the great men that died there...

InputName - April 9th, 2004, 3:24 am

i am writing an article on the documentary film "seeing is beleiving" for a magazine"koottanchoru", to be published in tamil, one of the major languages in india.

InputName - March 19th, 2004, 11:46 pm

I came across your site while I was doing a research on the impact of text messaging in our country. I have read your article and found it informative. But something in the sides caught my eye. Different countries are featured at the right-hand corner of the webpage and I noticed that among the countries, the Philippines is the only country which was portrayed with a picture of the "slums". I believe that despite the fact that, yes, slums here do abound, there is more to the Philippines than just that. You have chosen to represent each country with a photograph depicting their beautiful landmarks, I believe we have those too. This is simply unfair for our country and is a manifestation of an irresponsible journalism on your part. I hope you would do something about this before it creates an unpleasant wave of criticisms from people who are more responsible and careful in how they handle the responsibilities given them. Thank you very much!

InputName - December 21st, 2003, 3:48 am

Hi I am interested in " Seeing is Beleiving"

InputName - July 20th, 2003, 8:06 pm

Please get 3rd party forum supplier. If it becomes more popular it will be useless. Great Website, Ive read the Congo article but i have not seen the movie. Hope to soon. I live in the U.S. We aren't all ignorant oil grabbers like some of our leaders.

InputName - June 12th, 2003, 3:14 pm

regarding Human Rights, USA, and media - please go to the english language version of Le Monde Diplomatique; article by Eric Hobsbawm dated 2nd June 2003. Title "After the winning of the war. America: wider still and wider." It makes some interesting comments about human rights and media. The is of course an HTML, but this site doesn't permit them.

Peter Laycock - April 9th, 2003, 7:18 pm

Thank you a wonderful film. It is easy to forget Mindanao while the Middle East is so frightening.

ash meredith AUSTRALIA - April 8th, 2003, 7:34 am

FIRST IRAC REGIME, NEXT THE CORRUPT FILIPINO MURDERERS WHO ARE MAKING YOUR LIFE HELL, HANG IN THERE THE WORLD NOW KNOWS YOUR STRUGGLE !!

hansa - March 27th, 2003, 1:44 am

Thanks for such an important documentary in this time in history. This is what empowerment of the people is about and may we never give up the struggle for a more just society.

Ses - February 20th, 2003, 7:15 pm

Thanks brother Joey! Keep on!

Michael Fox - December 31st, 2002, 11:04 am

Hello I am interested in volunteering with your organization. I am a law student at the University of British Columbia and I head a group of 15-20 law students who are interested in volunteering on some sort of non-profit project. Specifically, we are looking for an area where we can learn, but also where we can make a significant impact. We would be very interested to hear from you to see if you have any suggestions for us. Thank you, Michael Fox

brad - December 29th, 2002, 9:58 pm

Great work! Dont give UP the fight for all the in-justice around.

S Hawkins - November 14th, 2002, 5:36 pm

I was present last night in the Chatroom following the CBC's presentation of your remarkable film. That online experience itself was intense; since I am no veteran of chatrooms, I don't know whether the flurry of activity there was an aberration or par for the course in these online settings. In any case, sorting out what kind of 'place' a chatroom is seems to me a task worth pursuing. That task is in the horizon constructed by your film, it seems to me. I'll try to explain. One of your successes in this film is the way you document the event of transformation - of the camcorder-as recreational (though perhaps not therefore trivial)-device into camcorder-as-weapon. Such transformation was not foreseen, as you show, by its inventors, distributors, or consumers. It would be very hazardous (especially without consulting Leibniz) to attempt predictions of its consequences over long stretches of time. Last night Peter made some very evocative comments regarding citizenry, and your film is certainly about arming the individuals against oppression by the State (or the banks, or what have you). Is there not a transformation, too, however, of humans into guerrila warriors? Perhaps this is no transformation; perhaps the human being is and has forever been a warrior, primarily - or should be. The handheld camcorder becomes, in any case, a way of defending one's place. The Nakamata tribe's place is defended by a single camera, which tells (as Joey notes in the film) a story of its own. This narrative of images (just as myths have forever done) further solidifies the tribe's identity. This is an old and familiar story for Canadians. From the outset, the NFB and CBC have been trying hard without forcing a narrative upon them to reflect to Canadians something of a Canadian identity. As we witness the proliferation of perspectives (if it is not unfair to say that until citizens have a 'voice' or 'eyes' they are not citizens at all), the fragmentation of identity-narratives becomes more obvious. This is, I think, a necessary step; these narratives can shackle human beings and prevent growth. But what ultimately will come from this tendency toward multiplicity, fragmentation? The resounding response is 'freedom'; a freedom to defend one's own place. Is that possible for the Nakamata if they all have camcorders? Or do they cease, then, to be the Nakamata at all? One sustains one's own identity in part by 'differing' from the other. The subversive power of the camcorder is extraordinary. We wonder only what will remained unturned.

Big Al - November 4th, 2002, 12:22 pm

Congratulations on an important and powerful documentary and also to Joey Lozano for his courageous work. Keep on keepin' on!

peachymom - November 4th, 2002, 3:41 am

I run a B&B and some of the guests I get scare me. They are so blinkered - trusting and accepting what they are told without questioning it. For example I had a group from the US who felt that their President could do no wrong because 'he is a Christian'. I find that sort of 'faith' frightening!

peachymom - November 4th, 2002, 3:37 am

No - we should not trust images but we often get sucked in to thinking that what we are viewing is real. We should question everything we see - unless we see it firsthand in realtime. Just as we should not believe everything we read in newspapers. Also we must be aware that not everything we encounter on the internet is true. It's unfortunate that we must be so 'untrusting' but I feel it is very important to be aware and think for oneself.

Jenny R - November 3rd, 2002, 11:12 am

Hi. I recently saw the UK premiere of the documentary at Sheffield Documentary Festival. I am currently a film and media production student in Sheffield and I am particularly interested in documentary film making. All media types are heavily censored and there seems to be a hegemonic ideology within the industries. It's up to the minority to try and subvert corporate dominance and I really thought your film was fantastic in highlighting the plight of a surpressed people. The only way to gain attention seems to be through methods that simply CAN NOT be ignored. Well done. :)

Gillian - November 2nd, 2002, 6:57 pm

My brother saw this film's premiere in Vancouver recently, and highly recommended it, so I look forward to watching tomorrow. I think all Canadians should be seriously concerned about the fact that one family dominates their media. In Vancouver, CanWest Global now owns both newspapers, several radio stations, and of course the dominant television network. And with their track record of corporate editorials, who's to say what kinds of stories and images get suppressed on a daily basis?

Peter Wintonick - November 2nd, 2002, 2:28 pm

Looking forward to logging in live from the National Arts Centre in Mexico City on Sunday night.

Kat - November 2nd, 2002, 12:48 pm

Welcome to our Forum. Since the release of our film a few weeks ago, we've been hearing a lot of varying points of view from about the state of media. We're looking forward to hearing from you. Do you trust what you see? How transparent is the media? Do canadians need to ask more questions about how they see what they see?