Asia's Titanic
Asia's Titanic

Asia's Titanic

2009-08-25 | 46 min

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.

Genres

Documentary TV Movie

Cast

Joonee Gamboa

Joonee Gamboa

Salvador Bacsal (Doña Paz survivor)

Salvador Bacsal (Doña Paz survivor)

Aludía Bacsal (Doña Paz survivor)

Aludía Bacsal (Doña Paz survivor)

Luthgardo Niedo (Dona Paz survivor)

Luthgardo Niedo (Dona Paz survivor)

Pedro Sorema (Dona Paz survivor)

Pedro Sorema (Dona Paz survivor)

Morris Apura (Doña Paz survivor)

Morris Apura (Doña Paz survivor)

Almario Balanay (Dona Paz survivor)

Almario Balanay (Dona Paz survivor)

Generoso Batola (Doña Paz survivor)

Generoso Batola (Doña Paz survivor)

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