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A Rustling of Leaves: Inside the Philippine Revolution

Directed by Nettie Wild
Canada, 1988 (documentary, 112 minutes, colour, English)
A Rustling of Leaves: Inside the Philippine Revolution
Image: © National Film Board of Canada

Film Description:
"Shot in the Philippines over an eight-month period in 1987, this work chronicles three points of a political triangle: the legal left, represented by Kummander Dante, founder of the rebel army and a candidate for the Senate; the illegal armed revolution, as explored through rebel priest Father Navaro, member of the communist New People's Army; and the enemy that threatens both groups, the armed, reactionary right. Radio disc jockey Jun Pala is the voice of the right's anti-communist crusade. This work poses the key question facing the revolutionaries and the Philippino left: should the people's movement continue the guerilla war, or do they dare enter legal politics and reveal the hidden faces of a revolution?"
-- National Film Board of Canada (source)

Film Credits (partial):
Written by: Nettie Wild
Produced by: Nettie Wild, Christopher James, Peter Wintonick, Kirk Tougas
Narrator: Nettie Wild
Cinematography: Kirk Tougas, Jojo Sescon
Animation: Robin L.P. Bain, Joan Churchill
Film Editing: Peter Wintonick
Production Company: Canada Wild Productions
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