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Bayan Ko Pilipinas (Lino Brocka's Philippines)

Lino Brocka is the most influential film director in the Philippines, and a leading figure in the civil rights movement. Throughout the period of martial law, he opposed the Marcos regime. In 1985 he was jailed on a trumped-up charge of sedition. Now Cory Aquino is president, but poverty and intimidation are firmly entrenched, and the communist guerrillas, the New People's Army, continue to gain in number. Brocka led a clandestine expedition into the mountains to film interviews with the NPA, and Arena went with him, at a time when real-life events were becoming as dramatic as a Brocka film.

English
  • Originally Aired April 3, 1987
  • Runtime 90 minutes
  • Network BBC Two
  • Created May 8, 2013 by
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Name Type Role
Michael MacIntrye Director