Badjao: The Sea Gypsies is a 1957 Philippine adventure drama film directed by National Artist Lamberto V. Avellana.
The film was written by Rolf Bayer and stars Rosa Rosal, Tony Santos, Sr., Leroy Salvador, Vic Silayan, and Pedro Faustino.
It tells a love story between Hassan, a Badjao man and Bala Amai, a Tausug woman whose differences were accepted by both sides but the Moro people attempted to destroy their lives.
[1] The Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences gave LVN Pictures the 1957 International Prestige Award for the film.
The restoration began with the 4K resolution digital scanning of the 35mm print with English subtitles from the collection of the LVN Pictures library stored at the state-of-the-art facilities of the ABS-CBN Film Archives, located at the basement of ELJ Communications Center in Diliman, Quezon City.