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Written and Illustrated by Jose T. Gamboa
Lino Brocka, widely regarded as one of the most influential and significant Filipino filmmakers in Philippine cinema history. In 1983, he founded the organization Concerned Artists of the Philippines (CAP), dedicated to helping artists address issues confronting the country.
Brocka, who openly admitted to being gay, confronted heretofore taboo issues such as homosexuality, poverty, and injustice with unflinching honesty and sensitivity. He believed that artists were first and foremost, citizens, and had the duty of addressing issues confronting society. He founded the Concerned Artists of the Philippines, and during martial law, began to speak at rallies and be more vocal about censorship.
In 1985 Brocka was given the Magsaysay Award “for making cinema a vital social commentary, awakening public consciousness to disturbing realities of life among the Filipino poor.”
Brocka died in a car crash at the age of 54. At the time of his death, he was filming Sa Kabila ng Lahat. He was posthumously awarded the National Artist Award for Film in 1997. His film Manila In the Claws of Light is listed among the 1001 Films to See Before You Die anthology, and is currently being digitally restored by Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Foundation.
copyright © 2013
ISBN: 978-971-569-779-8
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