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Article: Celebrating Philippine Cinema in Lincoln Center
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- The Filipino Express
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- July 16, 2000
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Filipino Express, The
07-16-2000
Celebrating Philippine Cinema in Lincoln Center
NEW YORK
Two years ago, with "Looking Back, Moving Forward: Celebrating Philippine
Cinema," the Walter Reade Theater introduced New Yorkers to a rich new
cinematic tradition. New, in the sense that Filipino filmmaking had not
previously been comprehensively showcased here; major movies had been made
in the Philippines since the 20s, with more than 100 films mounted per year
by the 50s. In the 70s, a new generation of artists arose-led by Lino
Brocka, Ismael Bernal, and Mike de Leon-who focused on exposing how aspects
of external repression could become internalized and expressed in daily
life. Issues of class, gender ...