The Cemetery People

Dir: Alessandro Molatore / US / 2009

Over 6,000 people make their home among the tombs of Navotas
Cemetery, located in the Philippines on the shores of Manila Bay.

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[FatAlbert969]

And I thought the town I grew up in was dead.

[DaLus1234]

Hey! I live in Manila! It's not like that?! Great. now everybody thinks we are creepy.

[dalecs47]

The Catholic church, in the Philippines, opposes the “Reproductive Health Bill” (R H Bill). The Catholic church opposes any form of family planning stating the ideal Philippine family is 5 to 7 children. So where is the Catholic church when these poor people have no place to live except in a cemetery? The Catholic church has no love, no morality and most important, No belief in Jesus Christ and his teachings.

[bowmaker11]

at least the dead can't hurt you.

[InHisReign]

"I Respect the ones that live in the Cemetery with there whole familys & they look after the tombs at leased they respect the dead!!

Question is "What are we doing about this"??

[InHisReign]

@lhmvanessa I Agree with the Developed world creating this Inequality & as for my wife being privileged far from it, from where she came from & i never had anything handed to me on a silver spoon either. Years later i was the one taking in Street kids & Drug users into my home to help them & i realised that some cant even get themselves an education to get out of the rut they are in! Living on the streets in alleys under bridges in old Cars, Me & my mates, never in a Cemetery.

[lhmvanessa]

It's remarkable how people in the developed world fail to see that it is precisely their living habits and penchant for creating inequality (albeit frequently an unconscious attitude, I'll concede) that indirectly allow things like that to happen in developing countries that are inextricably bound up in the political economies of the developed world.

[lhmvanessa]

@InHisReign So are you saying that just because these people do not have enough money to live in proper homes like you and your privileged wife, they are hence reduced to the antithesis of 'decent and respectful people'?

[InHisReign]

I Really feel for the poor , But where do you draw the line,I Know these people need a place to live,"But a Cemetery" "Come on People where's the Respect for the dead Let alone the Families that are still alive that would like to visit but feel they cant because they may feel threaten.

My wife is Filipina & feels really sad over seeing this,As most filipino's are decent & Respectful people & this just breaks her heart...

[neropl]

@uncachable because u r kid of rich parent and have no clue of poverty around you! I am from Poland and have seen it on my own while traveling in Philippenes!

[suckandfuckmehard2]

interesting!