I-WITNESS
JANUARY 29, 2022
HOWIE SEVERINO TEAM
“PRINSESA NG BUHAY KO”
Nakilala ni Howie Severino si Jo Berry bago pa man siya naging bida sa telebisyon. Grade 5 pa lang siya noon at anak ni Perry Berry, isa ring little person na may makulay na kuwento. Sinundan ni Howie si Perry sa kaniyang dokumentaryong “Huwag Ismolin” noong 2006.
Noon pa man, hindi naging balakid kay Jo Berry ang kaniyang kondisyon para maabot ang kaniyang mga pangarap.
Bata palang si Jo, malinaw na ang kaniyang potensyal para magtagumpay sa buhay, ngunit walang mag-aakala na sisikat siya bilang bida sa primetime television.
Courtesy: Jo Berry’s IG
Sinasalamin nito ang pagbabago sa pagtrato sa little people sa telebisyon na hindi na pinagtatawanan, kundi tinitingala.
Marahil ang tagumpay ni Jo ay dahil sa suporta ng kaniyang pamilya na isang “hybrid” family. Average sized ang kaniyang nanay at isang ate at kuya, habang little person naman siya, ang kaniyang Kuya JR, at kanilang amang si Perry. Pinalaki si Jo na hindi minamaliit ang sarili at tinuruang ngumiti na lang kapag may nangangantyaw sa kanila.
Para kay Jo Berry at sa kaniyang ama na si Perry, tila isang fairy tale ang naging buhay ni Jo, hanggang dumating ang pandemya.
Kukumustahin ni Howie Severino ang pamilya Berry para malaman kung paano nagbago ang buhay nila matapos ang labing anim na taon.
ENGLISH VERSION
Howie Severino and his documentary team met actress Jo Berry long before she became a TV star. She was just 12 years old, and the daughter of the team’s then documentary subject Perry Berry himself, a compelling figure as the charismatic leader of the little people community (or those who shared the dwarfism condition they were born with).
Even then, as the self-confident class president in grade five, Jo did not allow her lack of physical stature to hinder her pursuit of her goals.
As a child, she already had the mark of future success but no one could have predicted what she has become, a prime-time drama actress who never even passed through the stage of supporting roles.
It reflects changes in a TV audience (and by extension perhaps society as a whole) that unexpectedly welcomed such an unusual star. But it also required enormous risk-taking on the part of producers and directors when she got her first role without any acting experience.
Most of all, her triumphs are the product of her remarkable hybrid family of six, equally divided between little people and average-sized members. Jo was raised by parents who taught her to just smile when taunted.
For Jo Berry and her dad Perry, her sudden success was the stuff of fairy tales, until the pandemic happened.
Howie and his documentary team tell the bittersweet story of the Berry family that began 16 years ago and became the story of our time. ###
‘Prinsesa ng Buhay Ko’, dokumentaryo ni Howie Severino, ngayong Sabado sa ‘I-Witness’
Source: Philipines News Journal
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