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Manila Hostage Crisis

1 gunman. 21 hostages. 11 hours of ratings gold.

A vacation to paradise becomes a nightmare for a group of tourists from Hong Kong when a disgruntled Manila cop holds them hostage, and a growing media frenzy compounds the tragedy.

Welcome to Manila.

Producer / Director / Writer
Micah Fink
Director of Photography
Jerry Risius
Editor
Jeff Gilbert
Narrator
Ted Marcoux
Associate Producer
Adina Pliskin
Original Music
Gary Pozner
Coordinating Producer
Whitney Johnson
Sound Recordists
Tristan Walker
Ivan Ho
Toto Empaina
Additional Cinematography
Yuki Kokubo
Researchers
Adina Pliskin
Ana Alyssa G. Sarmiento
Location Managers
Renea Santiago- NAKPIL, PHILIPPINES
Girlie Linao, PHILIPPINES
Lamy Li, HONG KONG
First Assistant Director
Joseph Santos
Art Director
Candy Reyes
Costume Designer
Tess Rivera
Tagalog Translators
Ana Alyssa G. Sarmiento
Gardini Labao
Cantonese Translators
John Li
Julie Liu
Production Interns
Ana Alyssa G. Sarmiento
Matthew Flassig
Online Editor / Colorist
Bjorn Bellenbaum
Sound Mixer / Designer
Brian Beatrice
Assistant Editors
George Panos
Drew Kilgore
Executive Producer
Peter Schnall



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Executive Producer
Kathleen Cromley
Executive in Charge of Production
Steve Burns