Objectives and Expected Output:

•       To translate the screenplay “Barako” into a digital movie, in video disks and possibly, widescreen format;
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•       To help in voters’ education as the movie can be a valuable tool in promoting responsible voting in immediate and future elections;
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•       To share a view of history, especially to the youth, and to people in towns, cities and various communities;
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•       To promote freedom of expression as guaranteed by the constitution, which is the most important message of the movie; and
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•       To enrich our collection of historical and socio-cultural movies.
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Target Beneficiaries: 

•       The people of Ibaan as the movie also showcases the town’s wonderful sceneries and customs; the town would be open to curiosity that could translate to tourism or an interest in its development;
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•       Batangueño talents as they will have a chance to feature in a digital movie that has a good chance of recognition here and abroad;
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•       The writer, directors and production/technical staff as they will eventually realize the fruit of their artistry and labors in the possible screening of the movie in commercial, university, and festival theaters, locally and internationally; and
•     * The Filipino people, especially the poor, as it is our intention to bring the movie to them for free, with the help of NCCA, other responsible sectors, and individuals.

MANOLITO CASTILLO SULIT. Manunulat, direktor at prodyuser. Awtor ng "Ibang Daan Pauwi"(isang libro ng mga tula, 2005), isang makata at community organizer na nakakakita ng pag-asa sa pelikula bilang midyum ng kamulatan. Sa desisyong tahakin ang larangang ito, ginagawa niya sa kasalukuyan ang "Tupang Ligaw"
(short digifilm) at sana, ang "Barako" (full-length). Naging direktor siya at scriptwriter ng "Berso at Subersyon", pampanulaang pagtatanghal sa Cultural Center of the Philippines (2006). Nag-organisa rin siya ng dramafest bilang guro sa Batangas State University (1999), pioneer ng Theater Arts Organization (TAO) na inampon ng Santo Niño Formation and Science School sa Rosario, Batangas (1999), theater arts workshop sa Ibaan, Batangas (1995), nagsilbi bilang  tagadisenyo at opereytor ng mga ilaw at tunog sa "Mukha" (dalawang isang-yugtong dula ng Departamento ng Filipino, DLSU, 1994), at nagtanghal ng kanyang mga tula sa UST bilang kasapi ng Thomasian Writers' Guild (1991-1993).

EMMAN PASCUAL. Katulong na direktor at direktor ng potograpiya. Creative Director ng Red Door Video Productions, naging katulong na direktor ng "Ang Huling Araw ng Linggo (2006)", isang Cinemalaya full-length film; direktor ng Music Video ng Paramita (2006) at Black Gulaman (2005); at editor at DOP ng maraming indie short films at AVPs. Nakadalo siya sa Animation Workshop ng University of the Philippines (2005),sa Cinematography ng Mowelfund Film Institute (2004), Video Production at Freefest ng Cultural Center of the
Philippines (2002).

• Upon the completion of the project by the end of May 2007, a copy of the movie in video disk will be given each to the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), Commission on Elections (Comelec), National Movement for Free Elections (NAMFREL), Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), Philippine Independent Church, and certain developmental NGOs, to aid in their respective campaigns for development, reform and moral recovery.
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• An invitational premiere will be scheduled in Ibaan, Batangas on June 12, 2007 as an independence-day treat.
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• A national premiere during the Cinemalaya Film Festival in the same month can also be arranged with the organizers.
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• Local showing in any of SM and Robinson’s malls in Batangas is also targeted.
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• Lyceum of Batangas, University of Batangas, Batangas State University, De la Salle-Lipa and other Batangas colleges are also perfect venues to show the movie.
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• In Manila, the University of Santo Tomas is open to the idea of showing the movie to AB students through the UST Center for Creative Writing and Studies. Similar arrangements can be done in De la Salle University and other colleges and universities.
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• We will coordinate with the Ibaan Community Foundation, Inc. (ICF) based in the US for possible exhibition and participation of the movie in international film fests.

Rationale: Inspired by “indie” filmmaking, the project is conceived in September this year. Using the standpoint of a small, defunct kapihan called “barakuhan” that’s for a short time from 2002 to 2004 become a movement in Ibaan, Batangas, the story sets to unravel a century in this virtually unknown Batangueño town, from the tragic battle-for-Batangas chapter of the Philippine-American War to the more recent struggles of the common Filipino as related to us by the “unnamed unknowns” of barakuhan. The story also has interesting glimpses of Asia’s longest “lingering” insurgency in Ka Roger as the town’s most popular son, jueteng, and the sensational 2004 elections.