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Disney’s latest film ‘Zootopia’ has a Pinay touch
THERE’S another name on the list character Judy Hopps, a rabbit who Ralph.” She also played a small role move. It was stunning how beautiful
of notable Filipinos who help make the moves to the big city and finds herself in “Wreck-It Ralph,” lending her voice each drawing was. I realized someone Josie Trinidad
magic of Disney happen. Remember wondering if she made a terrible to Sugar Rush racer Jubileena Bing actually had to draw each frame of
the name: Josie Trinidad, the Fil-Am decision. Bing. Trinidad will also be providing animation, and I knew I wanted to do
head of story for the upcoming movie additional voices in “Zootopia.” that,” she explained.
“Zootopia.” “This is the exact same thing I went
through when I moved to New York,” Before she joined the Disney team, In 2013, it was Robert Lopez who
Trinidad oversees the translation she explains. she worked as an illustrator for toy waved the Philippine flag, winning
of the script to its visual form. The company MGA Entertainment, as Best Original Song at the Academy
script itself was written by Jared Bush But things turned out well for well as Klasky Csupo on animated Awards for his work in Disney’s
and Phil Johnson, based on a story Trinidad. In 2004, she started working commercials. Trinidad says she knew “Frozen.” Last year, Filipino-American
by Bush, Rich Moore, and the film’s for Disney Animation Studios as a story she wanted to be an animator since Ronnie del Carmen co-directed
director Bryan Howard. apprentice. She was subsequently she was 8, after accidentally watching Pixar’s animated hit “Inside Out.” n Aya
hired as a story artist and her credits “Robin Hood” in slow motion on VHS.
Trinidad says the story is “near and now include “The Princess and the Tantiangco / BM, GMA News / Published / February 18,
dear” to her heart. She relates to lead Frog,” “Tangles,” and “Wreck-It “I saw each frame change and
2016 / 7:03 pm

MONIQUE WILSON LEADS MARCH

Pinays in HK join call to end violence against women
HONG KONG — Dozens of Filipino inclusion” and an “end to poverty.” been sentenced to a jail term over the
domestic helpers here joined the over The group said One Billion Rising or
1,000 participants who marched Sunday abuse.
to call for an end to all forms of violence OBR is the biggest mass action to against
against women. violence against women in human history. The statement from the group

The march was part of the “One In the past two years in Hong Kong, said that “migrant workers and local
Billion Rising” movement was led by Asian women migrant workers and
Filipino theater actress Monique Wilson supporters highlighted the issue of women will join together to advance
and “Vagina Monologues” playwright Eve Erwiana Sulistyaningsih to call for justice
Ensler, who swung to the city to join the and an end to violence against women various issues showing the continued
event. domestic workers in the territory.
exploitation, oppression and violence
The participants, wearing purple shirt, Sulistyaningsih is the former
marched in Central and chanted that they Indonesian domestic worker who was women from different walks of life
want immediate “system change, social abused and maltreated by her employer
in Hong Kong. Her female employer has experience in Hong Kong.”

“These include poverty,

unemployment, discrimination, social

exclusion and modern-day slavery,” it

said. n KBK, GMA News / Published / February

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