Janine’s efforts to preserve the legacy of her now-inactive Mamita so warms the hearts of Pilita’s fans and admirers. Janine Gutierrez proudly announced on social media recently that she has been collaborating with award-winning documentarist, Baby Ruth Villarama, on a docu-film on the life of her grandmother, Pilita Corrales. Janine will host the film.
She said in a post, “I’ve always felt a deep responsibility to help preserve Mamita’s amazing legacy. I hope this project becomes another way for younger generations to learn about her story, not just as a legendary performer, but as a woman who defied expectations and truly paved the way.” Janine said the project is in very early stages of development but is already being introduced at Producer’s Network and Spotlight Asia at Cannes International Film Festival.
The forthcoming film shall trace Pilita’s rise as a singer, who first found stardom in Australia, where she got stranded in the 1960s following a shipwreck. Her singing so mesmerized a local journalist who tagged her, Asia’s Queen of Songs. The title has stuck since.
Ms Villarama is the director of the internationally awarded reality film, Sunday Beauty Queen. Janine’s efforts to preserve the legacy of her now-inactive Mamita so warms the hearts of Pilita’s fans and admirers. I wish I could say the same of the heirs of other Filipino movie and music icons.
Janine’s magnanimous act reminds me of a recent encounter with an heir of a famous movie q.