Ramona Diaz on her documentary about the 2022 election

Acclaimed director Ramona Diaz shot hundreds of hours of footage of the 2022 political campaigns, which she entitled, “And so it begins.”

She tells Howie Severino that her newest film is about the festive feels of political campaigns in the Philippines, made more intense by the surge of volunteerism in the Robredo camp.

She tells Howie Severino about her approach to making documentaries and why she doesn’t do sit-down interviews.