T-Bird at Ako (1982)

Directed by

Danny Zialcita

Genre

drama, crime

Country

Philippines

Runtime

2h 35m

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A butch lesbian and a femme woman navigate a risky relationship in 1980s Philippines. Their connection faces pressure from a conservative society and the threat of violence.

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What happens

T-Bird at Ako (lit. 'T-Bird and Me') is a 1982 Filipino neo noir crime drama film directed by Danny Zialcita from a screenplay written by openly gay activist Portia Ilagan. Starring two of the Philippines' most prolific actresses at the time, Nora Aunor, who also recorded the song "Hiwaga Ng Pag-ibig" for the film, and Vilma Santos, the film depicts one of the earliest portrayals of LGBT themes in Philippine cinema during a time of heavier censorship and more conservative audiences. The word t-bird is a Filipino slang term for a butch lesbian. Produced by Film Ventures, the film was theatrically released on September 2, 1982. In 2015, 33 years after the film's original release, T-Bird at Ako was digitally restored and re-mastered as one of the 75 films restored by ABS-CBN Film Archives, in collaboration with Central Digital Labs. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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