Manila in the Claws of Light
March 24, 2019 1:30pm
Directed by Lino Brocka | 1975
With Hilda Koronel, Bembol Roco, Lou Salvador Jr
This masterpiece of Filipino cinema from Lino Brocka, an openly gay, outspoken critic of the Marcos regime, traces the journey of a naive fisherman who travels to Manila in search of his lost love—but once there finds only vice, degradation, and poverty, with violence seemingly the only way out. A furious blend of hard-hitting social realism and lurid melodrama, Manila in the Claws of Light boils over with rage at societal injustice.
Intro by scholar Paul Nadal
Run time: 125min
Format: DCP
Language: In Filipino, Tagalog and English with English subtitles
General Admission: $15
Members: $7.50 (free for Level 4 and above)
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Location
Peter Jay Sharp Building – BAM Rose Cinemas
30 Lafayette Ave.
Brooklyn NY 11217 USA