Asia's Titanic (2009)
The passenger ship Doña Paz collided with an oil tanker in the Philippines. 4,000 passengers died in the tragedy. Just five days before Christmas in 1987, the passenger ship Doña Paz collided with an oil tanker off Mindoro Island in the Philippines. 4,000 passengers died in the tragedy. It was the world's worst peacetime maritime disaster. Through dramatic first hand accounts from survivors and rescuers, transcripts from the Philippine congressional inquiry into the tragedy, archival footage and photos and a re-enactment of the collision, dissect the unfolding tragedy of Doña Paz.
- Date of release
- 2009-08-25
- TMDB
- 9.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 46m
- Genres
- Documentary, TV Movie
- Director
- Yam Laranas
Casting
- Joonee Gamboa — Narrator
- Salvador Bacsal (Doña Paz survivor) — Salvador - self
- Aludía Bacsal (Doña Paz survivor) — Aludía - self
- Luthgardo Niedo (Dona Paz survivor) — Luthgardo - self
- Pedro Sorema (Dona Paz survivor) — Sorema - self
- Morris Apura (Doña Paz survivor) — Apura - self
- Almario Balanay (Dona Paz survivor) — Balanay - self
- Generoso Batola (Doña Paz survivor) — Batola - self
- Arthur Lim (Counsel of Sulpicio Lines) — Lim - self - archived footage
- Jose Sison (Counsel for Caltex on MT Vector) — Sison - self - archived footage
- CMDE Benjamin Mata (Marine Safety Expert) — Mata - self
- CMDE Cipriano Luspo (Coast Guard) — Luspo - self - archived footage
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