Documentary filmmaker Christian Blackwood profiles controversial Filipino director Lino Brocka, detailing his rags-to-riches rise in the mainstream film industry of the Philippines. Primarily using interviews with the effusive director himself, Blackwood allows Brocka to describe, in his own terms, the common thematic threads tying together his work, from his own homosexuality to the political repression suffered by Filipinos at the hands of Ferdinand Marcos' dictatorial government.
Genre: Documentary
Stars: Lino Brocka, Lorna Tolentino, Christopher de Leon, Dina Bonnevie, Jay Ilagan, Sharon Cuneta
Crew: Christian Blackwood (Director), Christian Blackwood (Writer), Michael Riesman (Music), Monika Abspacher (Editor), Christian Blackwood (Cinematography), Christian Blackwood (Producer)
Country: Germany, Philippines, United Kingdom, United States of America
Language: English
Studio: Christian Blackwood Productions, Bavarian Television-Munich, Channel 4 Television
Runtime: 84 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Oct 01, 1987
IMDb: 6.3
Keywords:biography
