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Repression on a loop
By LISA ITO Bulatlat.com This atrocious prohibition is not at all new. Seventeen years ago in September of 2007, the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) under Consoliza...
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Rooster or Chicken? On why some disappearances are silenced
Photo from Lisa Ito’s Facebook page By LISA ITO Bulatlat.com Questions of visibility and invisibility marred this year’s festive Cinemalaya celebration, as the premiere screenings of the documentary...
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Binhi at agos ng paglaya
*Rebyu sa librong “Binhi ng Paglaya” ni Amanda Socorro Lacaba Echanis Hindi madali para sa mga political detainee o poldet ang matagumpay na paggiit ng karapatang makapagbasa at makapagsulat sa loob...
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Bagong Pilipinas, Oh Shux! | The concert
Activists perform a parody version of “Pantropiko” dubbed as “Despotiko.” (Photo by Dominic Gutoman/Bulatlat) By YANNI ROXAS Bulatlat.com Who says that protest can’t be fun? Or fun can’t be a form of...
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The search for Jonas lands in Cinemalaya film fest
By DOMINIC GUTOMAN Bulatlat.com Documentary film “Alipato at Muog” (Flying Embers and a Fortress) makes it as a finalist in Cinemalaya 2024’s full length film category that captures the struggles...
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Remarks on Mayamor’s collection of 50 poems/binalaybay
Translated by Kerima Tariman (2020). Expanded. By TOMAS TALLEDO Bulatlat.com Let me just focus my comments on the 2 Parts of the collection: the first part, Tumandok/Katutubo and the second part,...
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Haunted past and present
A review of the Spirit of the Glass By YANNI ROXAS Bulatlat.com Unfiltered in its passion and courage, Spirit of the Glass, a play in Filipino penned by Bonifacio Ilagan and directed by Joel Lamangan,...
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Ppop rise for free, quality education in this year’s UP Fair
Zild onstage at the UP Fair Pop Rising. (Photo by Rein Tarinay/Bulatlat) The six-day music festival happening from February 12 to 17 at UP Sunken Garden, will champion human rights advocacies that the...
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Baliksaysay | GOMBURZA, Hanggang hangganan
Nagsimula ang pelikulang GOMBURZA sa rebelyon ni Hermano Pule at mga magsasaka ng Katagalugan, at nagtapos naman sa rebolusyon ng Katipunan. Sa pagitan ng dalawang pangyayaring pananda sa kasaysayan...
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Gomburza: Patriotism draws audiences
Movie poster of “Gomburza.” By YANNI ROXAS Bulatlat.com I thought I was going to another historical film na pinatay na naman ang bida (where the protagonist was killed) and leave me sad, sour and...
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A young artist’s journey ‘from the theater to the streets’
Photo by Jacinto Lingatong June Cortes, a University of the Philippines Los Baños student, shares insights of his journey from the stage of Isko’t Iska to the streets of Bonifacio Day mobilization. By...
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In exhibit ‘Mukhang Pamilyar,’ artist honors lives of unsung heroes, ordinary...
Photo by Aleli Madrigal/Bulatlat By JANICA ZAMORA and ALELI MADRIGAL Bulatlat.com MANILA – Artist Jesús Manuel Santiago, fondly called Koyang Jess, launched his first ever exhibit titled “Mukhang...
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Filipino artists group launches recipe booklet in Hong Kong
Aly Cabral of SAKA speaking on the context of the songs. (Photo by Trina Federis/Bulatlat) SAKA, or Sama-Samang Artista para sa Kilusang Agraryo, was recently invited by arts center Para Site to visit...
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Effigy is art, not waste, says artist behind ‘Doble Kara’
Max Santiago with the supporters outside the Quezon City Regional Trial Court. (Photo by Bulatlat) By ALYSSA MAE CLARIN Bulatlat.com MANILA — A visual artist and cultural worker stressed that...
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Third World Romance: The parallels of love and labor, romance and realism
Official poster of Third World Romance The production takes an unconventional approach to telling the story of ordinary people under extraordinary circumstances— of poverty and pandemic— humanizing...
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‘Charges vs. effigy artist, an attack against free expression’– artists,...
SONA 2023 (Photo by Carlo Manalansan / Bulatlat) By JONAS ALPASAN Bulatlat.com MANILA — Progressives decried the apparent harassment suit filed against visual artist Max Santiago and three other John...
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First Person | How we lived since that Jagged Little Pill
By ELENA FALCON Alanis Morissette’s Jagged Little Pill album came out when I was in high school, and was popular all the way through my early college days. Nearly each song from that phenomenal album...
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First Person | The making of the ‘Doble Kara’ effigy
The author being interviewed by the media. (Photo by Lito Ocampo/Bulatlat) By MAX SANTIAGO* Bulatlat.com MANILA — For this year’s SONA, BAYAN created the “Doble Kara” effigy of President Ferdinand...
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Freedom of expression is the people’s right to fight back
Journalists and advocates reiterate call for the junking of the Anti-Terror Act in a protest in July 2023. (Photo by Carlo Manalansan/Bulatlat) By LISA ITO Secretary-General Concerned Artists of the...
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Affidavit ng Dahas: On publishing state terror, resistance, and collective...
Photo by Kwago/Bulatlat “This zine offers lessons and hopes. It fortifies the morale of activists targeted in their region, gives inspiration to the hopeless, and reflects the unformidable love for...
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