There's no doubt about it -- Mike de Leon is up there in the pantheon of all-time great Filipino movie directors. The scion of movie industry royalty -- his grandmother was Dona Narcisa de Leon, the head honcho of LVN Pictures, his father Manuel de Leon was another directorial icon; Mike grew up watching movies made, surrounded by stars and crew alike -- his movies are classics. Think "Kisapmata," "Itim," "Sister Stella L," "Kakabakaba Ka Ba," "Batch '81," the unforgettable "Kung Mangarap Ka't Magising." It's but fitting that De Leon has become the first Filipino director to have a retrospective at the MoMA (otherwise known as New York's Museum of Modern Art). PF contributing writer Claire Mercado-Obias was there and filed this report.

Are septuagenarians still able to walk the Camino pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela? If you're healthy and practiced and determined, you definitely can, as PF contributing writer Michael Gonzalez and his wife Patricia proved. Read about their adventures in Portugal and Spain as they walked the 170 miles for their hard-earned compostela (official certificate of completion).

A proposal in the fascinating city of Istanbul? Dreams of romance swirled in PF Correspondent Criselda Yabes' mind as she roamed this Turkish city of glorious history and a tortured present.

An art-inclined mother and her neurodivergent son bond through art, an inspiring story for parents of children with neurodevelopmental disabilities.

One of the FilAms who won in the recent US elections is Justin Jones (D), a civil rights activist with a string of political arrests to his name. Jones, 26, was elected as State Representative for District 52 of Tennessee, the youngest lawmaker of the current General Assembly. Read Again his story about his Filipino roots:

http://www.positivelyfilipino.com/magazine/justin-jones-black-filipino-civil-rights-activist

And what does a freshman legislator do on his first day on the job? Watch Rep. Justin Jones as he introduces himself to his (much older) colleagues.