DOI: 10.5176/2251-3566_L31287
Authors: Lilia Quindoza Santiago
Abstract: Digital film media gave way to the production of the DIY (do-it-yourself) film which empowers individuals and groups to produce and view films in their own cultural contexts. In this paper, I argue that DIY films in Ilokano produced by upper level Ilokano language classes in Hawaii hold great possibilities for a lesser known language to thrive in the modern world. The sample DIY Ilokano narratives presented here re-energize discourses on cultural identity and diversity and “contemporize” language use—developments which are important in the enrichment, propagation and preservation of a language.
Keywords: ilokano, diaspora, folk narrative, film narratology, contemporize, living heritage, embodiment.
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