Rafael Mafnas’s Story

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Rafael Mafnas’s Story
NR 9 minWe Drank Our Tears Collection PosterPart of We Drank Our Tears Collection
Rafael Mafnas’s story, which was written and directed by students Angelo Manese and Justin Ocampo, tells of Mafnas’s efforts to escape crossfire between American and Japanese soldiers by hiding in a cave with his friend.
StarringMatt MoranDerrick AtaligSeok Jun Run
DirectorsAngelo ManeseJustin Gerald Ocampo

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Original Language:English

We Drank Our Tears Collection

All films in the series are adapted from “We Drank Our Tears,” a 2004 oral history of the civilian experience of World War II battles on Saipan and Tinian, published by Pacific STAR Young Writers Foundation. In 1944, some of the final battles of World War II were waged on the Pacific islands of Saipan and Tinian. 933 indigenous Chamorro and Refaluwasch civilians did not survive the battles. The book and the film series tell some of those stories.