Macaraig, Bernadette Lean Gem S.

Rainbow Sunset (reflection)

1. Rainbow Sunset is a daring and brave film for a time like ours. It demonstrates both
the diversity of love in its essential aspects and the challenges of non-normative
relationships. At the same time, he teaches us that, regardless of imperfections or
inequalities, love and all other ideals or virtues that build and maintain relationships of
all kinds are the same. Rainbow's Sunset is a well-written and inspiring tale of love and
family that, hopefully, will help to inform or at least raise compassionate consciousness
in our larger community about LGBTQI+ lives and relationships.

2. Love is what brings people together to form families.

Although blood seems to build families by nature, we know that families are only truly
created by and because of our common values: loyalty, mutual care and support,
bravery, dedication, strong bonds amid scandals and challenges, mutual affection and
tenderness, and, most importantly, sacrifice. All of this was visible in the family that
Sylvia, Ramon, and Fredo raised together. In the end, being there for one another no
matter what, even in the face of opposition and death, is what defines a family.

3. At times, the script may seem confrontational, overly describing the stigma of being
LGBT and how “coming out” affects one's status in society, regardless of age. With
Eman's eldest daughter, an effort was made to bring this factor to the younger
Estrellas, but it, like the rest of the dispute, was abandoned and left by the opposite
extreme.

4. Rainbow’s Sunset, I believe, became disoriented as it combined family drama with

LGBT advocacy. I believe it had to to deliver the dramatics about the family situation by
concentrating on the children's issues when it should have focused on the actual plot
and only briefly touched on the subplots.

5. I'll save Max Collins for any wrath because she did an excellent job as the young
Sylvia. The grandchildren and extended family members were the ultimate example of
wooden acting; I was afraid they'd be cut off and used as kindling for a fire if they went
on any longer.