A Word from the Director (2018)
Mike De Leon imagined Citizen Jake “as an indictment of the Duterte regime using its horrific forerunner [the Marcoses] as a template of authoritarian rule,” and he caused a stir, as usual, in posting this promotional short for the film on social media. This short is essentially a Director's Statement in video essay form, and has been screened at New York's MoMA in their Mike De Leon retrospective.
- Date of release
- 2018-03-30
- Runtime
- 5m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Mike de Leon
Casting
- Mike de Leon — Narrator
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