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After a lot of hosting gigs and many Netflix Christmas movies, Vanessa Hudgens is doing a documentary next. She is going to film a travel documentary where she explores her Filipina heritage. Later this month, Vanessa, her sister, and her mother will travel to the country of her mother’s birth to begin filming the doc. It will be Vanessa’s first trip to the Philippines.
Actress Vanessa Hudgens is heading to the Philippines to explore her family history as the star of a new travel documentary. The film will capture Hudgens’ first trip to the country of her mother’s birth, showcasing her close relationship with her family and her personal trajectory as an American-born, half-Filipino woman who has become one of the world’s most recognizable stars.
The project is set to begin shooting in the Philippine cities of Palawan and Manila later this month. Hudgens will be accompanied on the journey and in the film by her mother, Gina Guangco, and her sister, Stella Hudgens. The actress has often spoken with pride about the biography of her mom, who left the Philippines for the U.S. at age 25.
“I feel like ours is such a relatable story to so many women all over the world,” Hudgens says. “The more that we can share, the more we can lift each other up.”
The still untitled film will be produced and directed by Paul Soriano, director of Mañanita (a competition entry at the 2019 Tokyo International Film Festival) and the Manny Pacquiao biopic, Kid Kulafu. Soriano also produced Lav Diaz’s A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery (2016), which won a special film award at the Berlin International Film Festival and Transit (2013), which was the Philippines’ entry in the Best International Film Category for the 86th Academy Awards. Philippine boutique studio TEN17P is producing the new Hudgens doc.
“We are honored to work with Vanessa for this film project,” says Soriano. “It’s inspiring to note that with everything she has achieved in life, she wants to discover her Filipino roots and pay homage to her mother’s country. Hopefully, this opens doors for many more collaborations to come.”
[From The Hollywood Reporter]
This is a really cool project for Vanessa. It sounds like it will be both personal and fun and it’s really nice that she’s able to bring her family along. She’s always seemed close to her family (her dad sadly died a few years ago the same weekend she was in Grease Live!) so it’s nice that they can do this together. I am a tiny bit surprised that for all her money and resources, this is Vanessa’s first trip to the Philippines. It doesn’t say whether her mother has been back since she moved here at 25. The description of the doc says “it will showcas[e] her close relationship with her family and her personal trajectory as an American-born, half-Filipino woman who has become one of the world’s most recognizable stars.” It’s never too late to explore and connect with your roots. Also, it will be a nice way to highlight the Philippines as a travel destination for people who may not have considered it otherwise.
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