Finding Nellie: Documenting Local History

Finding Nellie: Documenting Local History follows archaeologist Ellie De Castro’s two-year search to uncover a 71-year old mystery behind Nellie E. Brown Elementary School, a public school in Olongapo City. What began as a simple question became a transpacific historical investigation spanning public and private archives, cemeteries, military records, oral histories, and community memories in the Philippines and abroad.

September 4 will mark the film’s first public screening, followed by a Q&A session with the director and project team. A reception will be held before and after the film premiere at the Ishmael Bernal Gallery, where an exhibit curated by the Finding Nellie Team will also be on display.

For those unable to attend the premiere, the UP Film Institute will continue to host the exhibit at the Ishmael Bernal Gallery and screen the film at Cine Adarna until September 6, 2025. This event is supported by the UP Diliman Office for Initiatives in Culture and the Arts and the Department of Philosophy of the UP Diliman College of Social Sciences and Philosophy.

The documentary film includes a posthumous appearance by the late Prof. Leonardo De Castro of the UP Department of Philosophy and alumnus of Nellie E. Brown Elementary School.

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