The Roaring of the Carabao - Extract


Born in the United States, a daughter visits the Philippines for the first time. On the night of her arrival to her mother's homeland, a volcano erupts. Mesmerized by the land’s turbulence, she wanders through the past, the present, and the hereafter following the glow of an ember.

Utilizing aspects of hauntology, The Roaring of the Carabao engages with the volcano’s ongoing activity as a spectre of the production of Filipino Americanism; silenced imaginaries never properly mourned for and visions of a future that were promised but never arrived- a method of considering the volcano’s activity itself as a process of relentless remembering. Activating the Taal volcano as a dynamic character reconciling with the land's history, the film narrates a story of a night of the volcano’s eruption, intergenerational anger and a desire for heat.

This project is made possible, in part, with funds from the Media Arts Assistance Fund, a regrant partnership of NYSCA and Wave Farm, with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. Additional support by Harvestworks Educational Scholarship.


Voiceover Recording Engineer : Kevin Ramsay
Re-Recording Mixer : Lorenz Fischer
Director / Writer / Animator : Angeline Marie Michael Meitzler

Musical Score / Sound Design : Wavesovspace