For Nakamata, it doesn't take long for tragedy to unfold. But this time, their new camcorder records the events. Samuel Bento, chairman of the Tribal Organization of San Jose (TOSJ) of the Nakamata coalition, is brutally stabbed to death on September 6, 2001, only three days after he publicly announces the tribe's official land claim.

Soon, another leader's house is attacked - this time with guns. On September 27, 2001, three masked men surround the home of Marcial Tahuyan, chairman of Nakamata member San Luis Bukidnon Native Farmers Association, and spray the building with bullets. The owner's sister-in-law Virginia Tahuyan and 13-year-old Mary Ann Regala, who were in the house at the time, are wounded. Both men had been the subjects of death threats and harassment.

Joey and tribe members are convinced that the violence is related to the coalition's land claims campaign. One chairman was killed. One chairman's house was strafed, and it's not just coincidence... Everybody here believes that there may now be a pattern to start hitting officials of the organization, members of the organizations, belonging to Nakamata. And the violence soon escalates.

Terror grips the villages. Despite their fears, the coalition continues with the next step in the land claims process - the charting of tribal boundaries. It's a legal but dangerous procedure, so they're given police escorts. With the help of hand held devices that communicate with satellites - called Global Positioning Systems - the tribe members walk along the edge of their ancestral domain, recording the exact points of their boundary lines. But Nakamata members become instant walking targets for the powerful interests that occupy the land and are determined to keep it that way.

On Day Two of the survey, Joey is preparing breakfast when he hears gunshots. He runs to the scene and discovers Ananias Tahuyan on the ground, badly wounded.

Moments later, Tahuyan dies.

The police escorts, on duty to protect the tribe, arrive 60 minutes later. Joey and the Nakamata camera follow their investigation. They soon find another body. Rodolfo Dasig died from a bullet wound in his forehead. Then, they find a terrified boy hiding in the sugar cane. The child witnessed the attack on his father but managed to escape the gunfire. The victims had been on their way to join the GPS survey.

Less than a week later, on October 19, 2001, another Nakamata village is attacked. It is strafed with bullets and most of the houses are burned to the ground. No one is injured in this attack, but the villagers are left homeless. Nakamata records the charred remains of the village.

Armed with footage, Nakamata and Joey quickly set out to get public attention. Winefredo Sumael, chairman of the Nakamata coalition, believes that the video footage will play an important role in their case: This will provide evidence of what actually happened. In the past there were incidents when we were harassed and yet it was us who were hailed to court.

Joey quickly edits a 10 minute report that is uploaded on the Witness web site. He also writes an in-depth feature article in the Philippine Daily Inquirer. And soon, Nakamata attracts national television exposure on one of the top-rated investigative shows in the country. The Probe Team files a prime-time report about Nakamata that relies heavily on Nakamata's own footage.

Within one month of receiving the camera, their own images make them the focus of national attention. Will the presence of the new Nakamata camera provoke more attacks? Does this little piece of technology save lives or jeopardize them?

Joey and the coalition members are aware that the use of technology can be a double-edged sword. Nakamata now is getting stronger now with all the publicity they have received and with all the courage they have shown. So they are a threat now to the people who have been benefiting from the lands that they are claiming as their ancestral domain, explains Joey. Still, the tribes are committed to continuing their campaign.

Undoubtedly because of public pressure and media attention, for the first time ever, the National Bureau of Investigation has followed up on a murder case among the Nakamata people. Their report, filed five months after the crimes have taken place, names three suspects -- Dionisio Salcedo, his brother Florencio, and Ramon Clementir -- in the double murder case, and calls for their arrest. They are still at large.

Despite the investigation, to date no one has been successfully prosecuted for the murders of the Nakamata members, the strafing of the house, or the destruction of the village.