After the (g)rain is gone
Amid the endless rice fields of a remote village, 8-year-old Batoy clings to the innocent belief that rice can mend the broken, until the harvest of truth reveals wounds no grain can heal.
Amid the endless rice fields of a remote village, 8-year-old Batoy clings to the innocent belief that rice can mend the broken, until the harvest of truth reveals wounds no grain can heal.
James Sargueza
Batoy
Miguel Santiago
Santi
Princess Frontal
Luhara
Louie Logronio
Abby Gale M. Bantayan
Doydoy Megriño
Amid the endless rice fields of a remote village, 8-year-old Batoy clings to the innocent belief that rice can mend the broken, until the harvest of truth reveals wounds no grain can heal.
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