Who Rents There Now?

Who Rents There Now?

2018 · 12 min · Comedy, Drama, Family

Nangungupahan follows the different lives of people who occupy a room of an apartment through different points in time. The room may mean differently to each occupant; and by overlapping these timelines, we gain insight about our shared space and history, as well as the bigger structures outside that affect us.

Directed by Glenn Barit

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