ADVOCACY OR SOCIAL AWARENESS AGAINST ABUSE

R.A. 9262 Anti-Violence Against Women and their Children

Videographer: Jannah Scene 1: Inside the House (Early Morning)

Edit: Keisha (The scene opens in a small, modest home.
LUCY is in the kitchen, preparing breakfast.
Storyboard: Us, except Jannah & Keisha TOTO and INDAY sit quietly at the table,
Settings: their eyes downcast. There is tension in the air.
TERYO storms in, clearly irritated.)
House (Daina)
School
TERYO
Room Council
(Shouting)
Sunset (Dam)
Where’s my coffee, Lucy?! Are you just going
Characters: to stand there?
Lucy (nanay): Keisha (Diin ang kape ko Lucy?! Malantaw ka lang
da? Dali-a!)
Teryo (tatay): Mk
LUCY
Toto (bata 1): Klowe
(Softly, trying to remain calm as she stirs a
Inday (bata 2): Jasmine
pot)
Miss Minchin (Teacher): Daina
I’m almost done, Langga. Just a moment.
Beth (Kabet): Joverly
(Manug tapos na ni "ga". Dali lang ha.)
Manang Bebang (Marites): Ella
TERYO
Maxine (Councilor): Maxine
(Slamming his hand on the table, making the
Lucy. A mother struggling to keep her family children flinch)
together amid abuse.
Almost done?! You’re always slow! I don’t
Teryo. The abusive father who takes his have time for this!
frustrations out on his family.
(Manug tapos? Kahinay saimo! Wala ko
Toto. The eldest child who is deeply affected oras para diri!)
by the abuse at home.
Inday. The youngest child, mostly unaware
(TERYO angrily grabs his bag and storms out
but sensing the tension.
of the house, slamming the door behind him.
Minchin. Toto's compassionate teacher who LUCY holds back tears, trying to remain
notices the signs of abuse. strong for her children.)

Beth. Teryo's secret mistress, who plays a part

in the growing tension in the household.
INDAY
Bebang. The neighborhood gossip who
(Timidly, to his mother)
spreads rumors but is afraid to confront the
real issues. Mama, is Papa mad at us again?
Maxine. A DSWD head who tries to intervene (Ma, akig na naman si Papa satun?)
and help Maria and her children.
LUCY
(Forcing a smile through her pain)
No, anak. He’s just… tired from work.
(Indi, nak a. Kapoy lang na sya ka ubra.)
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Pa, mama said to go home for you to have a

rest.
(LUCY turns back to the stove, wiping a tear
as she stirs the food.) (Pa, hambal gani ni mama nga mapuli na
para kapahuway kana.)
---
TERYO
Scene 2: Outside the House (Morning)
(Shouting and angry)
Who do you think you are, telling me what to
(TERYO is outside with a group of men, do? I said I’m not going home!
playing cards, drinking, and smoking. LUCY
watches from the window, frustrated but (Sino ka haw nga ginasugo-sugo mo ako?
feeling powerless.) Indi ako magpuli!)
TOTO
LUCY (Shrinking back, voice trembling)
Toto, go tell your father to come home. He Pa, please… Mama is worried. Just come
needs to rest. home for tonight.
(Toto, agda si Papa mo nga magpauli na. (Pa, sige na. Nagakabalaka si Mama.
Kinahanglan ya magpahuway.) Mapuli ka na lang anay.)
TOTO TERYO
Come with me, Inday. I’m nervous to go. (Stumbling, pointing a finger at TOTO)
(Day, updi ko kay papa bi. Nahadlok ko kay You’re just like her, always telling me what to
papa.) do! Go back to your mother!
(Pariho ka lang sa iya, sige lang sugo-sugo!
Balik sa Mama mo!)
INDAY
(TOTO, teary-eyed, steps back, knowing it’s
I don’t want to go kuya, I’m afraid too. pointless to argue. LUCY sighs heavily as she
(Indi ko gusto mag upod kuya, nahadlok watches from inside, her concern growing.)
man ko kay papa.) -----
(TOTO hesitates, but follows his mother’s Scene 3: School (Afternoon)
request. He approaches TERYO, who is
visibly intoxicated.)
TOTO (MISS MINCHIN, TOTO’s teacher, notices
bruises on his arm during class. Concerned,
Papa, Mama said you should come home. she pulls him aside after school.)
(Pa, hambal ni Mama nga magpauli ka na.) MISS MINCHIN
TERYO Toto, are you alright? I’ve noticed you’ve been
(Irritated, swatting TOTO away) very quiet lately. And these bruises… are you
sure you're okay?
Tell your mother to mind her own business!
(To, dali bala di. Ngaa ka damo saimo pasa
(Hambali Mama mo nga indi yako pag kag ngano pirme kana hipos? … tuod nga
hilabtan!) okay ka lang?)
TOTO
(Insisted)
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TOTO (TERYO’s face twists in anger as he storms

towards LUCY. TOTO and INDAY, who have
(Nervously) been watching from the corner, cling to each
I’m fine, Ma'am. I just fell… at home. other in fear.)

(Okay lang ko ma’am nahulog lang ko… sa TERYO

balay.) (Shouting)
MISS MINCHIN Destroying this family?! YOU’RE the one
(Gently) who’s always nagging, always talking! You’re
worthless!
Toto, you can tell me if something's wrong at
home. You’re safe here. (Gina guba ang pamilya?! Ikaw ya ang
gahimu sang problema! Pirme ka lang may
(To, ihambal sakun pag may problema sa ma kuda! Ikaw ya ang wala pulos!)
inyo panimalay ha. Safe ka di.)
LUCY
(TOTO looks down, afraid to speak further.
MISS MINCHIN, sensing the truth, decides to (Screaming back)
take action.) I’m trying to hold this family together, Teryo!
--- But you keep tearing us apart with your lies
and your fists!
Scene 4: Heated Argument (Evening)
(Gina pilit ko buohan ang pamilya nga ni,
(LUCY is sitting in the living room, anxiously Teryo! Pero ikaw mismo ga guba tungod sa
waiting for TERYO. The door suddenly imo mga tikal kag panakit!)
swings open and TERYO stumbles in, drunk
and furious. The atmosphere grows tense.) (TERYO snaps. In a fit of rage, he grabs
LUCY by the arm and throws her to the
TERYO ground. The children scream.)
(Slurring his words, pointing an accusing TOTO
finger at LUCY)
(Running to his mother’s side)
So now you’re telling the neighbors about me?
You think I don’t know what people are Papa, stop it! Don’t hurt Mama!
saying? About me and Beth? (Pa, untati na! Indi pag sakita si Mama!)
(Gina pang hambal mo na gali sa INDAY
kapitbahay ta? Abi mo indi ko bal-an mga
gina hambal nila tungkol sakun kag kay (Running to his mother’s side also)
Beth? Kalinte saimo)
Pa, stop it!
LUCY
(Pa, tama na!)
(Standing up, her voice shaking with fear and
frustration) (In a wild, uncontrolled moment, TERYO
slaps TOTO, shoves TOTO away, and TOTO
I haven’t said anything, Teryo! But everyone falls hard against the wall. INDAY begins to
knows! You’re the one who’s destroying this cry hysterically as she runs to hide.)
family! You’re a worthless father and a
husband! LUCY

(Wala ko may gina chismis, Teryo! Kundi (Sobbing, struggling to get up)
bal-an sang buo nga barangay! Ikaw ang ga Teryo, please… don’t hurt the children.
guba saaton pamilya. Wala ka pulos nga Please, just stop.
amahan kag asawa!)
(Teryo, indi pag sakita ang kabataan ko.
Tama na.)
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plates, glasses, and pots, sending everything

crashing to the floor.)
TERYO
(TOTO and INDAY scream from the corner,
(Angrily kicking over a chair, yelling terrified.)
incomprehensibly)
LUCY
This is all your fault! You and these kids…
you’re nothing to me! (Crying, barely standing)
(Kamu tanan! Ikaw kag ang kabataan… Teryo... please... don’t leave us like this.
Wala kamo pulos para sa akon!)
(Teryo, maluoy ka. Indi ko pag baya-e kag
(LUCY cradles TOTO and INDAY, who is ang mga kabataan.)
whimpering in pain. The house is in chaos,
with things scattered and broken from the wild TOTO and INDAY, who have been hiding in
scene. TERYO storms out of the house, the corner, scream in fear as the dishes shatter.
slamming the door behind him.) They cling to each other, terrified.)

--- TOTO

Scene 5: Teryo Leaves with Beth (Night) (Running to his mother’s side)

(TERYO returns later that night, drunk again. Papa, don’t leave! Please don’t leave us!
BETH is waiting outside the door. LUCY (Pa, indi ka maghalin! Please, indi kami pag
watches him stagger in, her face a mix of pain baya-e!)
and disbelief.)
TERYO
TERYO
(Turning towards the children, a moment of
(Coldly, grabbing his bag) hesitation flashes across his face. He sneers
I’m done with this, Lucy. Done with you and again, masking any doubt.)
this pathetic life. Beth is all I need. I don’t care. This isn’t my life anymore. I'm
(Kapoy nako, Lucy. Tapos nako sa imo kag taking Inday with me.
sa kabuhi nga ni. Si Beth ang kinanglan ko.) (Wala ko labot diri. Si Inday lang ang
LUCY kwaon ko.)

(Choking on her words) LUCY

(Her face contorts in pain, stepping in front of
Teryo, you can’t just leave... What about the
Inday protectively)
children? What about our family?
No! You can't take her! She’s just a child,
(Teryo, indi ka pwede maghalin…Paano na Teryo! You don’t get to do this!
ang mga bata? Paano na ang pamilya ta?) (Indi mo siya dal-on, Teryo! Bata pa siya!)

TERYO TERYO
(Sneering) (Fuming, grabbing BETH’s hand)
I’m not asking for permission. I’m taking her,
Family? This was never a family! You’re and that’s final!
nothing to me, and those kids... useless! (Wala nako ga pamangkot. Dal-on ko siya,
kag tapos na ang estorya!)
(Pamilya? Sang san-o nagging pamilya ini?!
Ikaw kag ang mga bata, wala pulos. Piste!)
LUCY
(Sobbing, standing firm, her hands shaking)
I won’t let you take my children! Not
(TERYO, in a final burst of rage, sweeps his anymore! You’ve hurt us enough, Teryo!
arm across the kitchen counter, shattering
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(Indi ko na pag pabay-an ang kabataan ko!

Tama na, Teryo!)
---
(TERYO stands there for a moment, fury in Scene 5: Intervention (Morning)
his eyes, but something in LUCY’s
unwavering stance makes him hesitate. He (LUCY, bruised and shaken, sits at the table.
grits his teeth, grabs BETH more tightly, and TOTO and INDAY are still in shock from the
storms out, leaving LUCY in tears and the night before. There is a knock at the door.
house in ruin. The door slams behind him, MAXINE, a counselor from DSWD, arrives
echoing through the broken home.) with MISS MINCHIN.)

(TOTO and INDAY cling to LUCY, sobbing MAXINE

together in the dimly lit kitchen, surrounded by Lucy, we’ve been informed about your
shattered kitchenware and broken hearts.) situation. We’re here to help. You don’t have
to go through this alone anymore.
(MANANG BEBANG, the nosy neighbor,
appears from the shadows, pretending she was (Mayong aga Lucy, ari kami di para ma
just passing by but clearly having been sulbad kag buliga ikaw sa mga problema.
listening in.) Indi mo na kinanglan nga harapon ni nga
ikaw lang isa.)
---
LUCY
MANANG BEBANG (Shaking, barely able to speak)
(Feigning innocence) I don’t know what to do anymore. He… he
Oh, Lucy, I was just passing by! I heard the hit us. He hit my son. I can’t stay like this.
noise and... (Indi ko na bal-an ano himuon ko. Si...
(Ay, Lucy, nag-agi lang ko ba! Nadunggan Teryo gina sakit ya ako. Gina sakit ya man
ko ang kagamo kag...) ang kabataan ko. Indi pwede nga amo lang
sini.)
LUCY
(Firmly, despite her exhaustion) MISS MINCHIN
If you really want to help, stay away from our (Comforting her)
door. We don’t need your gossip. We’re going to get you out of here, Lucy.
(Kung gusto mo gid magbulig, halin ka diri You and the children deserve to be safe.
sa amon pwertahan. Indi kamo namon
kinahanglan para sa imo mga chismis.) (Ma sulbad gid ang problema nga ni, Lucy.
Ikaw kag ang mga bata dapat gid maging
(MANANG BEBANG, caught and safe.)
embarrassed, nods slowly. She murmurs under
her breath as she walks away, looking back MAXINE
occasionally.) We have a place for you to stay, somewhere
he can’t find you. You’re not alone, Lucy.
MANANG BEBANG We’re here for you.
(Murmuring) (Ari lang kami di Lucy, may lugar kami
That’s why Teryo left you. nga pwede kamo mag stay sa indi nya
(Ahh, amo gid man, ngaa ginbayaan ni kamo makita.)
Teryo...)
(LUCY looks at her children, their bruised
(LUCY watches her go, standing resolutely in faces mirroring her own. She nods, knowing
the doorway. As MANANG BEBANG that she must protect them.)
disappears into the darkness, LUCY sighs
heavily, the weight of the evening hanging ---
over her.)
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Scene 7: Ending – A New Beginning pcw.gov.ph

PNP Hotline: 117
(LUCY and her children walk away, hand in
hand, towards safety. A voiceover begins, PNP Surallah: 0910 356 4880
reinforcing the message of hope and action.)
INDAY Ending Screen Text:
(Looking up at her mother) Freedom is possible. Speak up. Reach out.
Mama, where are we going?
R.A. 9262: ANTI-Violence Against Women
(Ma, diin ta malakat? Kay papa?) and their Children

LUCY End
(Softly, holding her children’s hands)
No, we’re going to get help, anak. We’ll be
safe now.
(Indi nak, mapabulig kita. Maging safe na
ta.)

TOTO
(Looking up at his mother)
I love you, Ma.

LUCY
(Smiling through tears)
I love you, mga anak.

They continue walking, the sun setting behind

them, symbolizing the end of one chapter and
the hope of a new beginning.

---

Closing Scene: VOICEOVER

(The screen fades to black, and a voiceover

begins)

Voiceover:
"Abuse has no place in our homes, schools, or
communities. If you or someone you know is
suffering, speak out. There is help, and there
is hope. Let’s break the silence, for the safety
of women and children everywhere."

(Helplines and resources flash on the screen.)

Helplines
PAO: Public Attorney' Office

pao_executive@yahoo.com
Inter-Agency Council on Violence Against
Women and their Children
iacvawc@pcw.gov.ph