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Society, culture and politics in the Philippines – including celebrated work by Gary Kildea, CELSO AND CORA, about life in a Manilla squatter settlement, and VALENCIA DIARY, about a small provincial village at the time of the collapse of the Marcos regime.
CELSO AND CORA - A Manila Story
1983 (G) 109 min
CELSO AND CORA is a feature-length film about a young couple and their two children living in a squatter settlement in the Philippine capital, Manila. Rather than just a report on poverty, this is a universal story of people experiencing everyday events with a mixture of humor, irritation, weariness, and courage. more
VALENCIA DIARY
1992 (G) 108 min
Valencia Diary is the chronicle of a Southern Philippine village at a time when daily life was charged with tension at the impending collapse of the Marcos regime. more