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Batas Militar
GenreDocumentary
Written byLito Tiongson[1]
Directed by
  • Jeannette Ifurung (Post-production)[1]
  • Jon Red (Film and field production)[1]
Narrated byJoonee Gamboa[1]
ComposerJaime Fabregas[1]
Country of originPhilippines
Original languageFilipino
Production
Executive producerKara Magsanoc-Alikpala[1]
Producers
Running time110 minutes[1]
Production companyFoundation for Worldwide People Power[1]
Original release
NetworkABS-CBN
Release
  • September 21, 1997 (1997-09-21)[2]

Batas Militar (transl. Martial Law, marketed as Batas Militar: A Documentary on Martial Law in the Philippines) is a 1997 Filipino television documentary film about martial law under Ferdinand Marcos,[3] and the ouster movement against him, the People Power Revolution.[4] The film was directed by Jon Red and Jeannette Ifurung, with the former focusing on dramatizations.[5]

The documentary was broadcast on September 21, 1997. The documentary was subsequently released on VHS.

Synopsis

It features the human rights violations during martial law in the Philippines, the economy, and the biographies of Ferdinand Marcos, his wife Imelda Marcos, and his prominent critic ,Benigno Aquino Jr.

Interviewees

The following is a list of interviewees in the documentary, conducted from March until May 1997:[4]

Production

Eugenia Apostol, a journalist and publisher, brought a film crew together to create a documentary under her newly established Foundation for Worldwide People Power (renamed as the Eggie Apostol Foundation in 2012) about the injustices committed during the two-decade presidency of Ferdinand Marcos.[2][6] Jon Red and Jeannette Ifurung became the film's pair of directors, with the former focusing on dramatizations and shoots on location, while the latter focused on post-production.[1] The resulting work became the most expensive documentary film produced in the Philippines.[2]

Release

Batas Militar aired on Philippine television network ABS-CBN on September 21, 1997, and was repeated on February 25, 2016,[2] airing on PTV in 1998 and 2012, ABS-CBN News Channel in 2012 and 2016, and Knowledge Channel from 2011 until 2012.[citation needed] Afterwards, it was subsequently released on VHS.[2][7] As of 2016, the documentary has not yet been released on the DVD format.[2] However, filmmaker Mike de Leon has since posted the entire film on Vimeo with English subtitles through his Citizen Jake production account on February 1, 2019.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Foundation for Worldwide People Power (February 1, 2019). Batas Militar. Vimeo, LLC. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Doyo, Ma. Ceres P. (March 3, 2016). "Clamor for 'Batas Militar' DVD". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Philippine Daily Inquirer, Inc. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
  3. ^ "Who's Who in Print Journalism: Eugenia Apostol". Media Museum. Asian Institute of Journalism and Communication. Retrieved April 29, 2020. [Eugenia Apostol] produced and released the television documentary "Batas Militar" in time for the anniversary of the declaration of martial law in 1997.
  4. ^ a b Proclamation No. 1081 - Reflections on Batas Militar (Martial Law) on YouTube
  5. ^ Citizen Jake (February 1, 2019). "Batas Militar 1997. Color/109 minutes; with English Subtitles. A Production of the Eggie Apostol Foundation". Vimeo. Vimeo, LLC. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  6. ^ Hernandez, Butch (August 3, 2012). "The Eggie Apostol Foundation". Inquirer Opinion. INQUIRER.net. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  7. ^ "Batas militar (VHS tape, 1997)". WorldCat. Retrieved April 29, 2020.

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Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos
Martial law under Ferdinand Marcos and People Power Revolution
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