Tribu

Tribu (2007)

Every night, juvenile tribes prowl the streets of Tondo.

In the darker side of Manila-by-night, tribes of youthful gangsters roam the streets in search of quick fixes and precarious thrills. World-weary Tondo throbs to the beat of of hiphop and freestyle gangsta rap, and to the scents and sensations of drugs and sex and violence. We witness this crepus-cular underworld through the eyes of ten-year-old Ebet. We follow him as he witnesses the deadly lives of teen age gang members in Tondo and the events that lead to their explosive confrontation.

Date of release
2007-07-20
Runtime
1h 35m
Genres
Crime, Drama
Director
Jim Libiran

Casting

Interesting facts

Tribu is a 2007 Filipino crime drama film directed by Jim Libiran, released in its home country of the Philippines. It stars real life gang members from the film's setting in Tondo, Manila. The tagline is: "Every night, juvenile tribes prowl the streets of Tondo. An explosive hiphop, freestyle gangsta celebration of inner city Manila."

Production

Director Jim Libiran was born and raised in Tondo, where his initial fascination with street gangs began. While working as a highly respected television journalist, he produced a documentary involving youth gangs. "As a journalist, gangs were my obsession," he said in an interview. After returning to school to study filmmaking, Libiran drafted a script that would later evolve into Tribu.

Libiran's knowledge of the neighborhood enabled him to recruit six rival gangs to collaborate for the film, promoting it as a tool for "conflict resolution" and to foster peace between the gangs. His style of filmmaking involved working with local communities in order to establish lasting effects after the film's release.

Tribu was shot in 12 days and costed approximately ₱1.5 million to produce.

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