By SARI DALENA To the young filmmaker who never met Lino Brocka, Whose thesis films are disrupted by the pandemic, Who cannot attend film festivals, Who are struggling to write scripts in their homes, Who are streaming movies at 2 in the morning Whose film grant cannot be released Who cannot do an internship Whose…
Joolia Demigillo of Tudla Productions maintains that society hasn’t changed fundamentally and so the struggle that Brocka began must be continued.
Ni ROLANDO B. TOLENTINO Bulatlat.com Isang taon yata nang huli kaming magkita ni Mau Tumbocon, kritiko at film programmer. At dalawang taon na rin kaming tumutungo sa aming paboritong dessert at coffee na lugar sa Castro Street, at natagpuan naming muli na naghuhuntahan na naman kami tungkol sa pelikula. Pangalawang beses na ulit. May nostalgia…
Ni ROLANDO B. TOLENTINO Kulturang Popular Kultura Bulatlat.com MANILA — Sa kasaysayan ng pagsisimula at pag-unlad, ang pelikula ay isang politikal na media. Politikal dahil malinaw ang mga kolonyal, komersyal at neokolonyal na interest sa pagtataguyod ng filmmaking sa bansa. Na siyang magiging paraan ng pagpapahiwatig ng gitnang uri at maka-estadong politisisasyon ng karanasan, na…
Dukot‘s fearlessness emanates from its depiction of the truth about the worsening human-rights situation in the Philippines today. As Bonifacio Ilagan, the scriptwriter, put it: “It minces no words in pointing out the real perpetrators” of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings.
By TERENCE KRISHNA V. LOPEZ Bulatlat.com MANILA – The resurgence of political films in the country may well be underway, courtesy of the Pandayang Lino Brocka Political Film and New Media Festival that will run from August 5 to 28. Pandayang Lino Brocka, sponsored by Tudla Productions, an alternative video organization, in cooperation with the…
Ni ROLANDO B. TOLENTINO Kulturang Popular Kultura Bulatlat.com Naitatanong ko sa mga estudyante kung nakadalo na ba sila ng rali. At parati pa rin akong nagugulat na mangilan-ngilan lamang ang magtataas ng kamay para magsabing nakadalo na sila. Iniisip kong ang rali ang isa sa mga check-activity sa UP, kundi man sa buhay-kolehiyo. Hindi ba’t…