Forbidden Memory

Forbidden Memory (2016)

The documentary summons remembrances and memories of the fateful days in September 1974 when about 1,500 men from Malisbong and neighboring villages in Palimbang, Sultan Kudarat, were killed while 3,000 women and children were forcibly taken to naval boats stationed nearby, where they encountered unspeakable horror. For 40 years, the survivors lived in relative silence, and now, they tell their stories.

Date de sortie
2016-11-18
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (1)
Durée
1 h 36 min
Genres
Documentaire, Histoire
Réalisateur
Teng Mangansakan

Distribution

Anecdotes

Forbidden Memory is a 2016 Filipino documentary film that studies a people's collective memory and the policy of genocide around the events that led to the Malisbong Massacre of 1974. Written, produced, and directed by Gutierrez "Teng" Mangansakan II, the film premiered on November 18, 2016, during the 12th Cinema One Originals festival.

Background and synopsis

The documentary revolves around a group of people's collective memory of the September 1974 Malisbong Massacre that was part of the overall counter-insurgency effort of Ferdinand Marcos during the Marcos martial law era. Not known to the majority of the Filipinos, at least 1,500 Moro residents of the coastal barangay of Malisbong in Palimbang, Sultan Kudarat were killed in the massacre.

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