Asia's Titanic (2009)

Asia's Titanic

2009

Documentary TV Movie

Synopsis

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.

Credits

Director

Yam Laranas

Cast

Almario Balanay (Dona Paz survivor) as Balanay - self

Aludía Bacsal (Doña Paz survivor) as Aludía - self

Arthur Lim (Counsel of Sulpicio Lines) as Lim - self - archived footage

Generoso Batola (Doña Paz survivor) as Batola - self

Joonee Gamboa as Narrator

Jose Sison (Counsel for Caltex on MT Vector) as Sison - self - archived footage

Luthgardo Niedo (Dona Paz survivor) as Luthgardo - self

Morris Apura (Doña Paz survivor) as Apura - self