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