To the millennials interested in learning more about the Marcoses, the 20-year reign of President Marcos, and the Martial Law era, check out the following films from a variety of directors:
1) Bayan Ko: Kapit sa Patalim (Lino Brocka) – a desperate, laid-off worker is forced to commit a crime
2) Dekada ’70 (Chito Roño) - a middle class family supports the idealism of a young activist
3) Forbidden Memory (Teng Mangansakan) – survivors speak out against the perpetrators of the September 1974 massacre in Mindanao
4) Imelda (Ramona Diaz) – a documentary on the idiosyncrasies of the wife of President Ferdinand Marcos
5) Ka Oryang (Sari Lluch Dalena) – a female medical student decides to serve the people
6) Mula Sa Kung Ano ang Noon (Lav Diaz) – militarization during the pre-Martial Law era
7) Pisay (Kanakan Balintagos) – a group of high school scholars gets caught up in the Yellow fever
8) Sakada (Behn Cervantes) – sugarcane farmers fight for their rights
9) Sister Stella L. (Mike de Leon) – an awakened religious sister urges the audience to go out in the streets and fight the Marcos dictatorship
10) Working Girls (Ishmael Bernal) – a lady boss with the initials C.A. battles male chauvinist pigs and breaks the glass ceiling
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