{"id":264277,"date":"2020-08-06T02:58:18","date_gmt":"2020-08-06T06:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=264277"},"modified":"2020-08-06T02:58:18","modified_gmt":"2020-08-06T06:58:18","slug":"ricky-lee-to-hold-virtual-masterclasses-for-cinemalaya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/08\/06\/ricky-lee-to-hold-virtual-masterclasses-for-cinemalaya\/","title":{"rendered":"Ricky Lee to hold virtual masterclasses for Cinemalaya"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: Renowned writer Ricky Lee visited Letran for a whole day scriptwriting seminar and workshop at the Salon de Actos. (Photo<\/a>: Paul Sugano\/Flickr<\/a>, CC BY-SA 2.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Award-winning author, playwright, and screenwriter Ricky Lee is sharing his wisdom in weaving words and stories once again. This time through workshops in this year’s Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival.<\/p>\n

In an interview with CNN, Lee emphasized the importance of telling stories, especially during these times where deaths, suffering, and poverty are prevalent.<\/p>\n

“Stories always make us see how things really are,” he said in the interview via Zoom.<\/p>\n

Lee, 72, who admitted that being forced to stay home has made him write more, said, “It helps us get by no matter what the problems are. The stories heal.”<\/p>\n

With these imparted thoughts, Cinemalaya is hosting Ricky Lee 4D: Celebrating Four Decades of Communal Storytelling<\/em> on Friday, August 8 for free from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. It will be a virtual reunion via Zoom which will be live-streamed on Vimeo, the festival’s Facebook page, and KUMU channel.<\/p>\n

Another virtual event with the icon is Mga Tao at Mga Tauhan: A Masterclass on Storytelling by Ricky Lee<\/em> which will be on August 9 (Batch 1) and 15 (Batch 2), from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Interested participants for the Zoom event can register<\/a> for P300.<\/p>\n

In his interview with CNN, Lee said that the masterclass is not only for writers but also for non-writers.<\/p>\n

“It’s for everybody. It’s very basic. How you put certain elements that don’t fit together but eventually form a story. We can see that all things around, maraming istoryang nakapalibot sa iyo<\/em> (there are a lot of stories that surround us),” he said.<\/p>\n

Mga Tao at Mga Tauhan <\/em>aims to teach unearthing the truth through stories, featuring Lee’s 11 steps. It will also tackle writing during the pandemic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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