A Rustling of Leaves: Inside the Philippine Revolution (1988)

Directed by

Nettie Wild

Genre

documentary

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 52m

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows the political situation in the Philippines after the overthrow of Ferdinand Marcos. It shows the negotiations and conflict between the new government and the New People's Army.

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What happens

A Rustling of Leaves: Inside the Philippine Revolution is a 1988 Canadian documentary by Nettie Wild about the political upheaval in the Philippines following the fall of Ferdinand Marcos and the People Power Revolution. Wild went to the Philippines in the early 1980s to study its theatre culture. She became interested in the New People's Army and planned on making a documentary on them. She unsuccessfully proposed the idea to multiple organizations before the National Film Board of Canada and Channel 4 financed the project. Wild planned to start filming in early 1986, but Corazon Aquino's victory delayed the project. Filming restarted during a ceasefire and negotiations between Aquino's government and the NPA, but they had difficulty filming in the mountains and the NPA cancelling events. Wild expanded the scope of the film to cover the political scene of the Philippines rather than just the NPA. The film premiered at the Vancouver International Film Festival, after being rejected by the Montreal World Film Festival and Toronto Festival of Festivals, and received positive reviews. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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