Pagistorya Han Mga Tagasaysay A Narrative Inquiry On How Five Super Typhoon Yolanda Survivors Confronted Emotional Trauma Through Filmmaking

Abstract

Theoretically guided by Bruner's Narrative Construction of Reality and the Expressive Arts framework, this paper gathered the narratives of five Leyte filmmakers to better understand filmmaking's role as a medium for emotional recovery in the aftermath of Supertyphoon Yolanda.

Emotional healing through the arts is not something new. However, studies on the role of arts, particularly filmmaking in disaster mental health in the Philippines, remain limited. More glaringly, articles about the cinematic products from Leyte and the rest of the Eastern Visayas region have been limited to the festival awards it has reaped. There is a gap in the availability of scholarly materials that demonstrate how films from this region can be used as an effective medium for self-expression, empowerment, emotional healing, and resiliency-building, leading to positive social development.

Hence, this academic undertaking has positioned filmmaking as a catalyst for emotional wellness after a disaster and underscored its contribution to holistic disaster management plans.