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Martial Law films lead this year’s Daang Dokyu lineup

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Martial Law films lead this year’s Daang Dokyu lineup
Viewers have until November 5 to watch a wide range of documentaries for free

The Daang Dokyu festival opened on September 19 with a solid line-up of films about the the Martial Law era and its aftermath.

From September 19 to 21, documentaries that can be viewed on daangdokyu.com/watchnow include Marcos: A Malignant Spirit, Mendiola Massacre, Imelda, A Rustling of Leaves: Inside the Philippine Revolution, and Alunsina.

The Philippines remembers on September 21, 2020, the 48th anniversary of the declaration of Martial Law in the Philippines. The Marcos years – during which martial law was declared in the country – are marred by corruption and human rights abuses.

Documentaries on the environment, social problems, health, politics, and Filipino culture are also part of the festival.

A Thousand Cuts directed by Ramona Diaz, which was shown at the Sundance Film Festival early this year will be shown for a limited time in October as part of the line-up under the theme “Perception is Real Truth is Not.” Another film, Documented, featuring the journey of Pultizer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas will also be shown for a limited time under the line-up “Off The Record: Health and Identity.”

The festival will also gather journalists and documentarists for a series of roundtable discussions and masterclasses. 

The festival will also gather journalists and documentarists for a series of roundtable discussions and masterclasses.  Films will be screened with different scheduled until November 5.

Daang Dokyu “is a festival celebrating the hundred years since the country started capturing in film the stories of its islands and the Filipinos.” The festival brings together documentaries on everything from politics to culture and the arts.

Daang Dokyu is organized by the Filipino Documentary Society (FilDocs), a non-profit organization in partnership with the office Rep. Loren Legarda, the National Commission for Culture and the Arts, Probe Media Foundation, and the University of the Philippines Film Institute. – Rappler.com

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