The “Whisper Of The Ancestors” trailer was screened at the L.A. Asian – Pacific Film Festival May 1, 2011.
In this documentary, we follow sixty-two-year-old Filipino-American, US Marine Leandro Cosme Laigo, as he honors his ancestral roots. From Ilocos Norte, Leandro receives the markings symbolizing one’s life and soul; in doing so restoring the customs of his forefathers. The first tattoo of this kind in more than fifty years, “Whisper of the Ancestors” documents the revivification of a neolithic art form indigenous to the Philippines, and a Vietnam veteran’s spiritual sojourn.
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