This was an amazing film made during COVID and featured the many voices, growing up dared not speak. I appreciate the raw honesty and the genuine authenticity of the real-life characters and watching them as they dissect and grow, coming of age, coming of Asian, coming of their identities. A luxury many of us did not have before social media. The interesting view is that this conversation is pivotal in a renaissance of self care, but also makes one feel some insight into lost opportunities in conversations one should of had growing up. Kapwa means community, but for 1st and 2nd generation Filipinos, these were lonely days as a young adult. Lonely in the sense that perhaps it is the evolution of a new kind of community, that was longed for growing up - that I see in this generation, embraced and in a way entitled - but gives me hope that it is never too late to heal from the trauma of not having Kapwa growing up.
Review of Who We Become
