This edition: Grain of Life (Butil ng Buhay)
Episode Details
Original tape date: September 10, 2025. First aired: January 9, 2026.In a country where rice is life, farming is fading. Grain of Life (Butil ng Buhay) follows Tatay Gabby and his son Johnny, the only one of eleven children to carry on the family tradition. Together, these remaining land tillers navigate a harsh legacy of landlessness, grueling work, low pay, and exploitative middlemen.
(12 min, Documentary, Director: Abigail Zara)
Grain of Life airs as part of the Frame by Frame: CUNY Film Festival showcase. Watch it alongside other great films on CUNY TV and YouTube.
Guest List
Abigail Zara Director, Grain of Life (Butil ng Buhay)
- Kurdish Film Festival
- Friday, July 24 - 2:00pm
- Saturday, July 25 - 2:00pm
- Sunday, July 26 - 2:00pm
- Friday, July 31 - 2:00pm
- Saturday, August 1 - 2:00pm
- Sunday, August 2 - 2:00pm
- Friday, August 7 - 2:00pm
- Saturday, August 8 - 2:00pm
- Sunday, August 9 - 2:00pm
- Ezda
- Friday, July 24 - 2:30pm
- Saturday, July 25 - 2:30pm
- Sunday, July 26 - 2:30pm
- The Address
- Friday, July 24 - 2:45pm
- Saturday, July 25 - 2:45pm
- Sunday, July 26 - 2:45pm
- Women's Village / Jinwar
- Friday, July 24 - 3:05pm
- Saturday, July 25 - 3:05pm
- Sunday, July 26 - 3:05pm
- Against Forgetting
- Friday, July 31 - 2:30pm
- Saturday, August 1 - 2:30pm
- Sunday, August 2 - 2:30pm
- The Hole in the Wall / Biraxane
- Friday, July 31 - 2:55pm
- Saturday, August 1 - 2:55pm
- Sunday, August 2 - 2:55pm
- Mediha
- Friday, August 7 - 2:30pm
- Saturday, August 8 - 2:30pm
- Sunday, August 9 - 2:30pm
- Mediha
- Friday, July 17 - 2:30pm
- Saturday, July 18 - 2:30pm
- Sunday, July 19 - 2:30pm
- The Hole in the Wall / Biraxane
- Friday, July 10 - 2:55pm
- Saturday, July 11 - 2:55pm
- Sunday, July 12 - 2:55pm
- Against Forgetting
- Friday, July 10 - 2:30pm
- Saturday, July 11 - 2:30pm
- Sunday, July 12 - 2:30pm
- Women's Village / Jinwar
- Friday, July 3 - 3:05pm
- Saturday, July 4 - 3:05pm
- Sunday, July 5 - 3:05pm
- The Address
- Friday, July 3 - 2:45pm
- Saturday, July 4 - 2:45pm
- Sunday, July 5 - 2:45pm
- Ezda
- Friday, July 3 - 2:30pm
- Saturday, July 4 - 2:30pm
- Sunday, July 5 - 2:30pm
- Kurdish Film Festival
- Friday, July 3 - 2:00pm
- Saturday, July 4 - 2:00pm
- Sunday, July 5 - 2:00pm
- Friday, July 10 - 2:00pm
- Saturday, July 11 - 2:00pm
- Sunday, July 12 - 2:00pm
- Friday, July 17 - 2:00pm
- Saturday, July 18 - 2:00pm
- Sunday, July 19 - 2:00pm
- The Animal In You
- Friday, June 26 - 3:00pm
- Saturday, June 27 - 3:00pm
- Sunday, June 28 - 3:00pm
- I Want To Leave A Legacy
- Friday, June 26 - 2:30pm
- Saturday, June 27 - 2:30pm
- Sunday, June 28 - 2:30pm
- In The Body
- Saturday, June 20 - 3:50pm
- Sunday, June 21 - 3:50pm
- New York Counterpoint
- Saturday, June 20 - 3:40pm
- Sunday, June 21 - 3:40pm
- Las Olas
- Saturday, June 20 - 3:30pm
- Sunday, June 21 - 3:30pm
- Candy's Sun
- Saturday, June 20 - 3:15pm
- Sunday, June 21 - 3:15pm
- Voces Transcendentes
- Saturday, June 20 - 3:05pm
- Sunday, June 21 - 3:05pm
- Make A Declaration
- Saturday, June 20 - 2:55pm
- Sunday, June 21 - 2:55pm
- Cutting Room Floor #1 (Carroll Family)
- Saturday, June 20 - 2:45pm
- Sunday, June 21 - 2:45pm
- In & Out
- Saturday, June 20 - 2:30pm
- Sunday, June 21 - 2:30pm
- CUNY Queer Portraits
- Saturday, June 20 - 2:00pm
- Sunday, June 21 - 2:00pm
- Friday, June 26 - 2:00pm
- Saturday, June 27 - 2:00pm
- Sunday, June 28 - 2:00pm
