Last September 27 we had our Mowelfund tour in cinema. I was with my friends Regine and Lance. We arrived at 8:30 in the morning. I thought we were late because the call time was 8 in the morning but luckily only a few students were there so we have to wait a little bit longer.
We waited for almost one hour and other block sections little by little came. The tour officially started at 10 am. I was surprised that we had a celebrity speaker in the person of Ms. Boots Anson-Roa. I learned that she was the president of the organization. I did not expect that she would be there. She talked about the history of Mowelfund and a lot more. After her talk, we went inside the museum.
Inside the museum were the memorabilia of different movie actors and actresses. There were pictures of them and different props they used on their movie. The history of Philippine cinema can be vividly seen on the portraits and paintings.
As we entered the museum, we saw different posters containing different sorts of film theaters on the past centuries. I haven't got to read all of the posters because there were too many students walking and taking pictures inside. I roamed around the first floor looking at every portrait display and as we went upstairs, there were another variety of props, costumes, sculptures, standees and etc. There were the replicas and the original stuffs that the movie actors used on their films.
The place was great in a sense that the things were preserved and kept for such a long time. I can just imagine the actors or actresses used to wear those clothes and other stuffs. The essence of the Philippine cinema was shared and taught.
I explored the whole 2nd floor. I don't remember what floor was the haunted/horror room was but I felt it was really creepy. The costumes of the horror films were shown in there. The monsters were in life size and they were huge. We made sure that we can take a photo with the monsters.
After the horror room, we went upstairs again and we saw the wooden Machete. On that floor were the dresses and costumes worn by the super heroes and fantasy characters. There were also the portraits of the films about the heroic deeds of our National Hero.
Outside the museum was another museum soloed by Da King, FPJ. Inside it was FPJ's awards, trophies, list of movies, his pictures and etc. There was a small sculpture of him on his famous character 'Panday'. There was a long painting of his different roles on the wall of the museum. It was cold inside and clean. I must say that FPJ's room was well maintained rather than the other rooms inside the previous museum.
Mowelfund preserved the treasures of the Philippine cinema and as much as I can say, it was really educational and very helpful for the people who needs support. I really enjoyed the tour because it was so much fun! I hope I can bring other friends here someday..
