Video Find: Kidlat Tahimik Introduces Balikbayan #1, Enrique Film

Filipino filmmaker Kidlat Tahimik has spent more than thirty-five years putting together his film Balikbayan #1 (Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III). 

A mix of historical documentary and fiction, Balikbayan tells the story of Enrique of Malacca, the slave of Ferdinand Magellan who was one of the first people to circumnavigate the globe.

In this video Kidlat Tahimik describes his journey on the film.

YouTube Introduction

Oct 4, 2020 With 35 years worth of footages, Kidlat Tahimik tells the story of Enrique of Malacca, a slave who accompanied Ferdinand Magellan on the first circumnavigation of the globe. Balikbayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux VI (2017) is one of the films featured in the Ecology Section of Daang Dokyu. Streaming for free until October 8, 2020 at DaangDokyu.com/watchnow. More information available at daangdokyu.ph

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See Also:

Enrique of Malacca Completes First Circumnavigation—by Language

On March 28, 1521, Enrique of Malacca became the first person to complete a linguistic circumnavigation of the globe—he traveled so far in one direction that he reached a point where his language was spoken. Enrique’s journey began a decade earlier following the sack of Malacca, when he became a slave of Ferdinand Magellan. A teenager, he accompanied Magellan back to Portugal, then to Spain, and finally on the Armada de Molucca to locate a westward route to the Spice Islands.  Read more:

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Enrique's Voyage Profile: Ferdinand Magellan

Part 1. Magellan's Real Circumnavigation, Enrique of Malacca Taken as Slave

Part 2. Magellan Wounded in Combat in Morocco, Defects to Spain

Part 3. Magellan Beats Mutinies, Sabotage, Starvation to Cross Pacific

Part 4. What Magellan's Death Says About His Motives—and Columbus's

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Was Enrique of Malacca Filipino?

Enrique of Malacca's origin is a subject of debate. Three places are considered possible: Malacca, then a major trade hub on the Malay Peninsula; Sumatra, the large island adjacent to Malacca; and the Visayan Islands in the (modern-day) Philippines. The evidence points to Malacca, though chronicler Antonio Pigafetta said Sumatra, and some scholars believe it's possibly Enrique was from the Visayan Islands in the modern-day Philippines? See the historical evidence in this post: Where was Enrique of Malacca from, Malacca or the Philippines?

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