1 00:00:37,913 --> 00:00:40,457 (speaks indistinctly, laughs) 2 00:00:43,752 --> 00:00:45,504 (music playing) 3 00:01:33,135 --> 00:01:34,428 (gun cocks) 4 00:01:41,977 --> 00:01:43,854 (waves crashing) 5 00:02:37,532 --> 00:02:41,286 (solemn music) 6 00:02:59,596 --> 00:03:02,682 (motorcycle engine revving) 7 00:04:10,917 --> 00:04:13,128 (train chugging) 8 00:04:19,634 --> 00:04:21,678 RAFFY (in English): When you drive around the streets of Manila, 9 00:04:22,387 --> 00:04:27,100 I don't remember by place, landmarks, I remember crime scenes. 10 00:04:27,184 --> 00:04:30,812 There was one there and there, there. 11 00:04:40,155 --> 00:04:42,199 RAFFY (in English): I have to fight becoming numb. 12 00:04:43,492 --> 00:04:47,162 That's why I go to wakes, to funerals. 13 00:04:49,498 --> 00:04:53,877 To I guess know more about these victims. 14 00:04:54,753 --> 00:04:57,214 Try to find the story. 15 00:05:27,869 --> 00:05:31,957 (indistinct chatters) 16 00:05:41,967 --> 00:05:45,846 (indistinct chatters) 17 00:05:47,389 --> 00:05:50,267 (sobbing) 18 00:06:11,329 --> 00:06:13,456 RAFFY (in English): Every day you cover these scenes... 19 00:06:15,458 --> 00:06:18,670 chips away at your humanity, but it's more important 20 00:06:18,753 --> 00:06:23,592 to cover these killings than to do nothing at all. 21 00:06:25,635 --> 00:06:30,265 In photojournalism, I believe that you have a purpose... 22 00:06:31,474 --> 00:06:35,770 of documenting history unfolding before your eyes. 23 00:06:37,022 --> 00:06:38,023 (camera shutter clicks) 24 00:06:42,319 --> 00:06:45,989 In the Philippines, we have a president who's instigating 25 00:06:46,072 --> 00:06:48,783 that it's okay to kill. 26 00:06:50,118 --> 00:06:53,788 And now every day someone is going to get killed 27 00:06:54,664 --> 00:06:57,250 and we don't really know who is doing the killings. 28 00:06:59,169 --> 00:07:02,172 We can't just be passive about it, 29 00:07:02,255 --> 00:07:04,799 we have to actively challenge what's happening 30 00:07:04,883 --> 00:07:06,384 because we know it's wrong. 31 00:07:06,926 --> 00:07:08,553 We know it's wrong. 32 00:07:15,143 --> 00:07:17,479 (man speaking indistinctly on TV) 33 00:07:17,812 --> 00:07:20,231 RAFFY: Some call us the nightcrawlers of Manila, 34 00:07:21,066 --> 00:07:23,568 just a loose group of journalists 35 00:07:23,652 --> 00:07:27,947 who share the same passion in telling this story. 36 00:07:28,615 --> 00:07:32,452 The drug war, the injustice that's going on. 37 00:07:32,535 --> 00:07:35,914 WOMAN: This is Selene, on that morning three people were killed. 38 00:07:36,373 --> 00:07:37,999 She just found out her husband was dead. 39 00:07:38,458 --> 00:07:41,711 VINCENT: These are somebody's fathers, brothers, 40 00:07:41,795 --> 00:07:45,173 sons, mothers, sisters. 41 00:07:45,256 --> 00:07:46,549 They're human. 42 00:07:50,595 --> 00:07:52,222 VINCENT (in English): It's really crazy. 43 00:07:52,305 --> 00:07:55,100 We have never seen anything like that. 44 00:08:01,231 --> 00:08:03,900 RAFFY: I've been a photojournalist for many years, 45 00:08:04,359 --> 00:08:07,112 but in this drug war, in the first 100 days, 46 00:08:08,196 --> 00:08:09,614 I was shocked. 47 00:08:09,698 --> 00:08:12,826 In the beginning, we were mostly staff photojournalists. 48 00:08:13,201 --> 00:08:16,121 We knew that the drug war was the big story 49 00:08:16,830 --> 00:08:22,293 so we built our networks, separate teams covering different areas of Metro Manila 50 00:08:26,131 --> 00:08:28,133 You were chasing time. 51 00:08:28,216 --> 00:08:31,553 It was one body after another. 52 00:08:32,137 --> 00:08:33,638 (tires screeching) 53 00:08:33,722 --> 00:08:35,640 -MAN: Let's go, let's go. -(car beeps) 54 00:08:38,059 --> 00:08:40,061 RAFFY: I remember people getting killed 55 00:08:40,145 --> 00:08:44,107 around Metro Manila, North, East, South. 56 00:08:44,190 --> 00:08:47,152 I didn't know where to go. 57 00:08:48,153 --> 00:08:52,949 Speeding through streets and a pack of journalists by your side. 58 00:08:56,244 --> 00:09:01,207 The destruction, the devastation, chasing... 59 00:09:01,833 --> 00:09:03,460 chasing bodies. 60 00:09:07,547 --> 00:09:11,718 All these families, you could hear their screams. 61 00:09:18,224 --> 00:09:20,643 Well, I could remember July 23, 62 00:09:22,854 --> 00:09:26,274 from afar I could already see that there was a strong image. 63 00:09:28,068 --> 00:09:31,571 There was a police cordon around and they were at the center of everything. 64 00:09:34,991 --> 00:09:39,412 But I could still remember there was a police officer 65 00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:43,041 calling out to us to stop taking photographs. 66 00:09:46,044 --> 00:09:50,590 It was the way Jennelyn Olaires was holding onto her partner. 67 00:09:51,007 --> 00:09:55,261 How she cradled Michael Ceron. 68 00:09:58,973 --> 00:10:01,392 I knew if that picture would be used, 69 00:10:01,935 --> 00:10:03,478 there would be impact. 70 00:10:11,069 --> 00:10:13,947 RAFFY (in English): The president about the photo in the newspaper. 71 00:10:43,413 --> 00:10:46,075 (insects chirping) 72 00:11:33,087 --> 00:11:35,506 (insects chirping) 73 00:12:43,199 --> 00:12:45,326 (dog barking) 74 00:13:10,393 --> 00:13:13,980 (engine revving) 75 00:13:22,822 --> 00:13:24,615 (speaking indistinctly in foreign language) 76 00:13:35,001 --> 00:13:37,628 (indistinct chatter) 77 00:14:23,716 --> 00:14:25,801 (indistinct chatter) 78 00:15:06,759 --> 00:15:08,719 CARLO (in English): Children are gonna be the ones who are gonna reap 79 00:15:08,803 --> 00:15:11,639 all this culture of impunity. 80 00:15:12,306 --> 00:15:14,100 Directly or indirectly. 81 00:15:16,143 --> 00:15:21,065 I decided to explore the ones who were left behind, 82 00:15:21,148 --> 00:15:22,149 the orphans. 83 00:15:32,368 --> 00:15:35,663 (in English) She is this amazing strong headed 12-year-old. 84 00:15:36,664 --> 00:15:39,083 Her father was killed in front of her. 85 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:43,379 Whenever I go there I just listen to their stories, 86 00:15:43,462 --> 00:15:48,050 talk to them and slowly they develop a relationship with you as well. 87 00:16:18,831 --> 00:16:22,710 (in English) So it went through the couch and this is where the bullet hit. 88 00:16:35,848 --> 00:16:38,601 (children chattering) 89 00:16:39,143 --> 00:16:43,647 CARLO (in English): They have no livelihood at all. 90 00:16:43,731 --> 00:16:46,650 They're struggling, struggling to survive. 91 00:16:46,734 --> 00:16:50,863 It's-- Yeah, it's difficult seeing that. 92 00:16:52,865 --> 00:16:55,534 (speaking in native language) 93 00:16:55,618 --> 00:16:56,952 CARLO (in English): You get attached. 94 00:16:58,788 --> 00:17:03,292 I feel responsible for them. 95 00:17:20,518 --> 00:17:21,936 REPORTER (on TV): The national police claims 96 00:17:22,019 --> 00:17:25,898 the volume of crimes in the Philippines dropped in 2017 by 21.8%. 97 00:17:25,981 --> 00:17:27,942 REPORTER 2 (on TV): The PNP spokesperson Dionardo Carlos 98 00:17:28,025 --> 00:17:31,529 says the numbers show the country has become a safer place in 2017. 99 00:17:51,507 --> 00:17:54,009 REPORTER 3 (on TV): President Duterte orders the police 100 00:17:54,093 --> 00:17:56,303 to return to his war on drugs. 101 00:17:56,387 --> 00:17:59,598 REPORTER 4 (on TV): Cops conducted simultaneous operations on illegal drugs, 102 00:17:59,682 --> 00:18:01,684 REPORTER 5:Thirteen are killed and fifteen are arrested 103 00:18:01,767 --> 00:18:03,686 for forty-nine anti -drugs operations. 104 00:18:04,228 --> 00:18:05,688 (radio chattering) 105 00:18:07,106 --> 00:18:09,692 MAN (on TV): People accused of selling drugs are being killed. 106 00:18:09,775 --> 00:18:11,735 REPORTER 6 (on TV): Seven thousand people have been kille in the drug war. 107 00:18:11,819 --> 00:18:13,737 WOMAN: That's mine. That's mine! 108 00:18:14,697 --> 00:18:17,783 -(indistinct chatter) -(camera shutter clicks) 109 00:18:34,216 --> 00:18:36,594 (indistinct chatter on radio) 110 00:19:08,709 --> 00:19:12,004 RAFFY (in English): Well, it's now getting harder to cover the killings 111 00:19:12,087 --> 00:19:14,715 with all these negative stories 112 00:19:15,049 --> 00:19:19,261 Police, government, they want to change their image 113 00:19:19,345 --> 00:19:21,513 REPORTER 7 (on TV): Officers have repeatedly been accused 114 00:19:21,597 --> 00:19:24,099 of hunting down and executing people 115 00:19:24,183 --> 00:19:28,062 but they insist all the killing are the results of shootouts. 116 00:19:28,562 --> 00:19:32,775 RAFFY: They say these alleged drug pushers and users fought back. 117 00:19:32,858 --> 00:19:34,777 It's so easy to place a gun. 118 00:19:35,319 --> 00:19:36,737 How do we know? 119 00:19:38,697 --> 00:19:41,867 And the police are saying these are not the doings of police, 120 00:19:41,951 --> 00:19:44,411 many were killed by vigilantes. 121 00:19:45,913 --> 00:19:48,582 Things don't add up. 122 00:19:48,666 --> 00:19:50,376 (indistinct chatter on radio) 123 00:19:51,085 --> 00:19:52,711 Who are the vigilantes? 124 00:19:53,379 --> 00:19:54,880 We have so many questions. 125 00:19:54,964 --> 00:19:56,882 (phone camera shutter clicks) 126 00:20:02,888 --> 00:20:04,598 (thunder rumbling) 127 00:20:05,724 --> 00:20:08,102 There's three crime scenes right now. 128 00:20:21,949 --> 00:20:24,743 (indistinct chatter) 129 00:20:27,579 --> 00:20:32,626 (crying) 130 00:20:38,757 --> 00:20:40,009 (camera shutter clicks) 131 00:20:46,140 --> 00:20:49,059 VINCENT (in English): Unknown gunmen on motorcycles shot him. 132 00:21:04,116 --> 00:21:05,868 (camera shutter clicks) 133 00:21:19,339 --> 00:21:22,968 VINCENT (in English): And it's so... that the family has suffered this long. 134 00:21:24,011 --> 00:21:25,929 It's so heartbreaking, man. 135 00:21:35,230 --> 00:21:37,941 -(indistinct chatter) -(camera shutter clicks) 136 00:21:41,195 --> 00:21:45,407 (crying) 137 00:21:59,213 --> 00:22:02,216 (crying continues) 138 00:22:06,178 --> 00:22:07,513 (camera shutter clicks) 139 00:22:21,068 --> 00:22:22,444 (sighs) 140 00:23:57,039 --> 00:23:59,958 -(thunder rumbling) -They were all set free. 141 00:24:02,044 --> 00:24:06,673 Those police operations, don't believe them. 142 00:24:06,757 --> 00:24:08,967 The news, it's all lies. 143 00:24:10,427 --> 00:24:12,554 REPORTER 8 (in English, on TV): Rodrigo Duterte is the first candidate 144 00:24:12,638 --> 00:24:14,765 to effectively harness social media, 145 00:24:14,848 --> 00:24:16,975 the same network that put him in power is targeting 146 00:24:17,059 --> 00:24:20,521 journalists and anyone being critical of the president 147 00:24:20,604 --> 00:24:22,606 REPORTER 9 (on TV): All he seems to want to do is to make 148 00:24:22,689 --> 00:24:26,443 journalists understand that they should be very afraid. 149 00:24:28,820 --> 00:24:33,283 RAFFY: Now I am looking for a powerful photo that can really stop this, 150 00:24:34,618 --> 00:24:37,412 but I know it might cost a life 151 00:24:37,913 --> 00:24:43,460 even our lives, but we have to do whatever it takes. 152 00:24:52,594 --> 00:24:54,763 RAFFY (in English): The media is being bullied 153 00:24:54,846 --> 00:24:56,932 and we should defend the truth. 154 00:24:57,015 --> 00:25:01,019 MAN: Defend! Defend! Defend press freedom! 155 00:25:01,103 --> 00:25:05,107 GROUP: Defend! Defend! Defend press freedom! 156 00:25:05,190 --> 00:25:06,984 (speaking in native language) 157 00:25:07,067 --> 00:25:09,319 RAFFY (in English): Media should now fight back too. 158 00:25:09,403 --> 00:25:12,573 MAN: Defend! Defend! Defend press freedom! 159 00:25:12,656 --> 00:25:15,284 GROUP: Defend! Defend! Defend press freedom! 160 00:25:15,367 --> 00:25:17,536 REPORTER 11 (on TV): Human rights groups here and abroad voice concern 161 00:25:17,619 --> 00:25:20,414 over creeping media repression in the Philippines. 162 00:25:20,747 --> 00:25:23,417 Many of these online attacks were led by 163 00:25:23,500 --> 00:25:25,919 influential bloggers and propagandists. 164 00:25:56,408 --> 00:25:57,701 REPORTER 12 (in English on TV): Despite the threats, 165 00:25:57,784 --> 00:26:00,162 journalists are standing their ground. 166 00:26:00,996 --> 00:26:03,749 RAFFY: We know that all of us photojournalists 167 00:26:03,832 --> 00:26:06,960 are united against the killing 168 00:26:07,753 --> 00:26:12,633 but, of course, it's still not enough to make them stop, 169 00:26:13,467 --> 00:26:17,220 so I gave my resignation letter 170 00:26:17,637 --> 00:26:20,390 We will still do damage one way or another. 171 00:26:32,653 --> 00:26:35,739 (waves crashing) 172 00:27:37,926 --> 00:27:39,177 (gunshot) 173 00:27:40,846 --> 00:27:43,432 -(crows cawing) -(gunshot) 174 00:27:44,808 --> 00:27:47,727 (indistinct chatter) 175 00:27:49,771 --> 00:27:50,897 (gunshot) 176 00:28:59,216 --> 00:29:01,593 (audience applauds) 177 00:29:04,513 --> 00:29:07,057 RAFFY: At the start when I entered this drug war 178 00:29:07,641 --> 00:29:12,646 I was trying to capture those moments that could really move people. 179 00:29:18,902 --> 00:29:24,533 I didn't put much thought into defiance until now. 180 00:29:25,992 --> 00:29:27,327 Until now. 181 00:29:30,205 --> 00:29:32,082 (thunder rumbling) 182 00:29:39,839 --> 00:29:43,218 Police were not there to immobilize him. 183 00:29:43,301 --> 00:29:45,804 To be able to immobilize a person you fire a shot, 184 00:29:45,887 --> 00:29:47,847 but if you finish a whole clip... 185 00:29:52,644 --> 00:29:54,271 (in English) We will be vigilant. 186 00:29:54,354 --> 00:29:57,399 We will be going back again in the streets. 187 00:29:57,482 --> 00:29:58,900 We will be watching them. 188 00:30:00,819 --> 00:30:03,655 MAN: They hurry to the scene to try to get a shot of the body 189 00:30:03,738 --> 00:30:05,115 and the details of the story 190 00:30:05,198 --> 00:30:07,492 before the authorities can clean up the site. 191 00:30:07,576 --> 00:30:11,204 Journalists Filipinos call The Nightcrawlers of Manila. 192 00:30:11,997 --> 00:30:14,291 CARLO: Things like this are still happening. 193 00:30:14,374 --> 00:30:17,335 It may have died in the mainstream news but it's still happening. 194 00:30:17,752 --> 00:30:19,379 If you listen closely to the story, 195 00:30:19,462 --> 00:30:23,008 this is the actual couch where her father died. 196 00:30:23,633 --> 00:30:25,218 You'll see the bullet hole right there. 197 00:30:27,846 --> 00:30:31,057 RAFFY: Because of these photos people began talking 198 00:30:31,141 --> 00:30:33,852 about the drug war and the brutality of it. 199 00:30:33,935 --> 00:30:37,272 MAN: They rarely publish something like this. 200 00:30:37,355 --> 00:30:39,274 We have to get these photos out. 201 00:30:44,571 --> 00:30:46,072 REPORTER (on TV): We're joined in New York 202 00:30:46,156 --> 00:30:50,160 by an incredibly brave award winning photojournalist, Raffy Lerma. 203 00:30:51,077 --> 00:30:53,872 Do you think your photos could stop the killings? 204 00:30:53,955 --> 00:30:57,834 It's not me alone, it's not-- it's not two photos alone. 205 00:30:59,085 --> 00:31:02,255 We will be there, we will do our work, 206 00:31:02,339 --> 00:31:05,258 but it's the work of everyone, it's a collective effort. 207 00:31:07,010 --> 00:31:12,349 WOMAN: We are very lucky to have seven journalists from the Philippines. 208 00:31:14,559 --> 00:31:15,685 RAFFY: Thank you for coming. 209 00:31:15,769 --> 00:31:19,147 I know the photos are a bit heavy. 210 00:31:19,564 --> 00:31:23,193 I've seen (inaudible) 211 00:31:23,526 --> 00:31:26,321 and they're stopping the US journalists because of that 212 00:31:26,404 --> 00:31:28,531 but it shouldn't be that way. 213 00:31:28,615 --> 00:31:30,450 We shouldn't be scared of them. 214 00:31:30,533 --> 00:31:34,579 They can say whatever they want, but will it stop us? No. 215 00:31:35,121 --> 00:31:37,207 (cheering, applause) 216 00:31:37,290 --> 00:31:38,625 (man speaking indistinctly) 217 00:31:38,708 --> 00:31:40,543 MAN: Why did we have to cover this one? 218 00:31:40,627 --> 00:31:44,089 You are just presenting... narratives will always be narratives 219 00:31:44,172 --> 00:31:46,341 but the point here is this, 220 00:31:46,424 --> 00:31:48,593 the Filipinos are divided in the kind of thought 221 00:31:48,677 --> 00:31:52,055 they have towards the president so why we should not care about him? 222 00:31:52,389 --> 00:31:55,225 These people here, they have the one-sided thought, 223 00:31:55,308 --> 00:31:56,976 saying all this negativity will. 224 00:31:57,060 --> 00:31:58,728 MAN 1: What's the real thing? What's the real thing? 225 00:31:58,812 --> 00:32:01,022 This negativity here. The story behind all this, 226 00:32:01,106 --> 00:32:03,233 give us a sufficient (inaudible) and not all of this right now. 227 00:32:03,316 --> 00:32:04,693 WOMAN: Okay, okay. 228 00:32:04,776 --> 00:32:06,152 RAFFY: I have a question for you. 229 00:32:07,070 --> 00:32:08,613 How will you solve it? 230 00:32:16,830 --> 00:32:18,415 RAFFY: But how many people are killed? 231 00:32:23,712 --> 00:32:26,506 (indistinct chatter) 232 00:32:33,096 --> 00:32:34,889 (thunder rumbling) 233 00:34:46,938 --> 00:34:51,276 RAFFY (in English): The majority of people still support the drug war 234 00:34:52,360 --> 00:34:56,406 but after the six years of President Duterte, 235 00:34:57,073 --> 00:34:59,534 you just have to ask yourselves, what did you do? 236 00:35:01,452 --> 00:35:04,122 The end will not justify the means for me. 237 00:35:05,707 --> 00:35:08,126 We allowed the killing of thousands 238 00:35:08,459 --> 00:35:13,715 for achieving what we want and that's-- that's wrong. 239 00:36:14,984 --> 00:36:17,862 RAFFY (in English): I've asked myself so many times why? 240 00:36:17,946 --> 00:36:19,072 Why do I do this? 241 00:36:20,406 --> 00:36:23,701 Every day that you wake up, okay it's a struggle now. 242 00:36:23,785 --> 00:36:24,994 (camera shutter clicks) 243 00:36:25,078 --> 00:36:28,539 But, uh, there's a big part of you saying, 244 00:36:28,623 --> 00:36:30,041 "Yeah, you have to continue". 245 00:36:31,876 --> 00:36:37,548 I hope in time people will eventually realize 246 00:36:37,632 --> 00:36:39,884 killing is not the answer. 247 00:36:41,261 --> 00:36:44,847 If not, how could we, as a country, 248 00:36:44,931 --> 00:36:46,933 change and move forward? 249 00:37:00,905 --> 00:37:04,659 (birds chirping) 250 00:37:37,275 --> 00:37:41,321 (gunshots) 251 00:37:47,744 --> 00:37:51,748 (man speaking indistinctly in foreign language) 252 00:38:09,724 --> 00:38:13,353 (waves crashing) 253 00:38:22,945 --> 00:38:27,825 (instrumental music) 254 00:38:46,302 --> 00:38:48,221 Captioned by Visual Data Media Services.