MURO AMI
Reef Hunters
Muro Ami is a film that depicts one of the worst forms of child labor in the illegal fishing system. Fredo is the ruthless captain of 150 Muro Ami divers. The illegal fishing is done by pounding and crushing corals underwater to scare the fishes and luring them towards the nets. With a high quota to meet, Fredo forces the divers mostly children, to accomplish at least eight dives a day to meet their goal before the millennium. Tired and harassed after the burdening task being given to them, the children have to make do in subhuman conditions in the Aurora, the Muro Ami boat. They sleep in rat-infested bunks and are fed only twice a day. Life above the boat is much worse than the suffering the children encounter beneath the sea. For every dive, a child's life is perilously in danger.
Awards and Citations:
Winner of thirteen awards at the 1999 Metro Manila Film Festival including Best Child Performer (Rebecca Lusterio), Best Story ( Marilou Diaz-Abaya, Ricardo Lee, Jun Lana), Best Screenplay (Ricardo Lee and Jun Lana), Best Director (Marilou Diaz-Abaya) and Best Picture
Direction: Marilou Diaz-Abaya
Screenplay: Ricardo Lee and Jun Lana
Cinematography: Rody Lacap
Film Editing: Jesus Navarro
Production Design: Leo Abaya
Art Direction: Bonna Fajardo and Mannix Mateo
Music: Nonong Buencamino
Producers: Butch Jimenez, Jimmy Duavit, Marilou Diaz-Abaya
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Cast:
Fredo - Cesar Montano
Dado - Pen Medina
Susan - Amy Austria
Botong - Jhong Hilario
Kalbo - Rebecca Lusterio | 
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1999 Color 117 minutes Production Company: GMA Network, Inc.
Shown on February 5, and March 9, 2000.
http://www.muro-ami.com
