STeX Film: “Mistaken For”
For decades, government counterinsurgency programs in the Philippines, one after another, have caused grave human rights violations to innocent civilians especially in the countryside. The incumbent Aquino administration’s Internal Peace and Security Plan “Bayanihan” (Cooperation) or Oplan Bayanihan is no different. Oplan Bayanihan is but a replica of its predecessor, Oplan Bantay Laya, a counterinsurgency … Read more
“43″
In February 6, 2010, 43 health workers conducting a medical training in Morong, Rizal were arrested and accused of being members of the communist New People’s Army. They suffered physical and psychological torture while in military custody. “43″ is a short documentary on the plight of the arrested health workers. It uses shadowplay to dramatize … Read more
RIGHTS 3
For almost ten years, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s government perpetrated unimaginable human rights violations throughout the country. It concluded its term with a bloody record of 1,206 extrajudicially killed, 206 missing, and 371 political prisoners (341 of whom were arrested during its term), excluding thousands of other cases of rights violations. Most of the victims are activists, … Read more
