Asia's Titanic
The passenger ship Doña Paz collided with an oil tanker in the Philippines. 4,000 passengers died in the tragedy. Just five days before Christmas in 1987, the passenger ship Doña Paz collided with an oil tanker off Mindoro Island in the Philippines. 4,000 passengers died in the tragedy. It was the world's worst peacetime maritime disaster. Through dramatic first hand accounts from survivors and rescuers, transcripts from the Philippine congressional inquiry into the tragedy, archival footage and photos and a re-enactment of the collision, dissect the unfolding tragedy of Doña Paz.
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
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Revenue
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Release Date
August 25, 2009
Popularity
0
Director
Yam Laranas
Where to Watch
Cast
Joonee Gamboa
Narrator
Salvador Bacsal (Doña Paz survivor)
Salvador - self
Aludía Bacsal (Doña Paz survivor)
Aludía - self
Luthgardo Niedo (Dona Paz survivor)
Luthgardo - self
Pedro Sorema (Dona Paz survivor)
Sorema - self
Morris Apura (Doña Paz survivor)
Apura - self
Almario Balanay (Dona Paz survivor)
Balanay - self
Generoso Batola (Doña Paz survivor)
Batola - self
Arthur Lim (Counsel of Sulpicio Lines)
Lim - self - archived footage
Jose Sison (Counsel for Caltex on MT Vector)
Sison - self - archived footage
CMDE Benjamin Mata (Marine Safety Expert)
Mata - self
CMDE Cipriano Luspo (Coast Guard)
Luspo - self - archived footage
Reviews
TheRethinkerCurator
Great Documentary. However, I can’t help but feel that this is one of the most horrific, devastating, and tragic of peacetime maritime tragedies to have occurred surpassing the RMS TITANIC. The MV DONA PAZ tragedy had taken the lives along with those of the oil tanker MT Vector: 4,386 dead, and 27 survived. I won’t ever forget that night recorded: December 20, 1987. RIP.
