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Growing up in Masbate Province in the Philippines, Jary is neglected and shunned since the moment of his birth for one reason-- his appearance.
His older sister, Jessa protects Jary through his early years, then takes him in as a young teen, to raise him alongside her own two children in a fragile house on a hill. Jessa seeks out the medical care Jary has been denied since birth. And more, the support to begin his physical and emotional recovery.
Every Day After is a 35-minute documentary film that provides a more nuanced look at the complexities of the healing process we don’t often see. And honors the invisible labor of a sister whose love and action make it possible for Jary to experience the everyday joys and struggles of growing up.
Director Biography - Elisa Gambino
Emmy®-award winning producer and director Elisa Gambino brings her journalist’s eye to capturing
stories that matter. In 2022, she directed Wasteland, a CBS News docuseries for Paramount+ that examines
the disastrous, and very personal, impacts of wastewater on four American communities. Just a few months
after it debuted, Wasteland prompted the largest environmental justice grant in the history of New York State
and won an award from the nonprofit Food and Water Watch.
Most recently, Elisa traveled to the Philippines to direct “Every Day After,” a documentary short that follows
Jary, a 13-year-old orphan with a disability, and Jessa, his older sister.
Elisa made her feature-length documentary debut in 2020 with Welcome to Pine Lake. The story of a small
Georgia town whose self-proclaimed progressive values hide a darker truth, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
hailed it as “a scathing indictment of the privilege of obliviousness when it comes to class and race.” She has
also executive-produced a number of documentary shorts, including the Oscar®-nominated “A Love Song
for Latasha” (2021), “Quilt Fever” (2019), and “Outspoken” (2019).
Growing up in Masbate Province in the Philippines, Jary is neglected and shunned since the moment of his birth for one reason-- his appearance.
His older sister, Jessa protects Jary through his early years, then takes him in as a young teen, to raise him alongside her own two children in a fragile house on a hill. Jessa seeks out the medical care Jary has been denied since birth. And more, the support to begin his physical and emotional recovery.
Every Day After is a 35-minute documentary film that provides a more nuanced look at the complexities of the healing process we don’t often see. And honors the invisible labor of a sister whose love and action make it possible for Jary to experience the everyday joys and struggles of growing up.
Director Biography - Elisa Gambino
Emmy®-award winning producer and director Elisa Gambino brings her journalist’s eye to capturing
stories that matter. In 2022, she directed Wasteland, a CBS News docuseries for Paramount+ that examines
the disastrous, and very personal, impacts of wastewater on four American communities. Just a few months
after it debuted, Wasteland prompted the largest environmental justice grant in the history of New York State
and won an award from the nonprofit Food and Water Watch.
Most recently, Elisa traveled to the Philippines to direct “Every Day After,” a documentary short that follows
Jary, a 13-year-old orphan with a disability, and Jessa, his older sister.
Elisa made her feature-length documentary debut in 2020 with Welcome to Pine Lake. The story of a small
Georgia town whose self-proclaimed progressive values hide a darker truth, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
hailed it as “a scathing indictment of the privilege of obliviousness when it comes to class and race.” She has
also executive-produced a number of documentary shorts, including the Oscar®-nominated “A Love Song
for Latasha” (2021), “Quilt Fever” (2019), and “Outspoken” (2019).