The 2020 Filipino-American documentary A Thousand Cuts (which made its Frontline debut in January 2021), follows the increasingly … Decades before Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte launched his blood-soaked war on drugs, he was a tough-talking mayor who handled crime with an iron fist. WATCH NOW AND SUPPORT MSP FILM - ENDS SEPTEMBER 10 WATCH MOVIE STARTING AUGUST 7 --> Details to watch TITLE: WORDS … Recent reports document the toll that President Rodrigo Duterte's bloody war on drugs has on those left behind. In a way, the Duterte administration forced my growth. “I wanted to have a large ensemble, you know, Robert Altmanesque,” Diaz says. Created with Sketch. The Philippines has had a challenging historical journey: Spanish colonialism, American and Japanese occupations, the Ferdinand Marcos years, spiraling crime and terrorism, and the meteoric rise of President Rodrigo Duterte’s populist cult of personality. A park-ranger's brutal murder opens the way for a journey into the depths of the illegal charcoal trade in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Like most films, Frontline documentaries reach screens outside the U.S. through deals … Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. MP3 MP4. We will take steps to block users who repeatedly violate our commenting rules, terms of use, or privacy policies. MANILA -- The PBS investigative documentary series "Frontline" is streaming "A Thousand Cuts," which features Rappler chief Maria Ressa, for free this Independence Day. Actually, this is not my review. Diaz artfully weaves the global significance of Ressa’s recent tribulations with the interior toll they take on her. A Thousand Cuts Documentary | 2020 | NR. Said interviewees were surely quoted out of context to look and sound “facists” in … Toggle navigation Listen To YouTube. Search. In one memorable speech, he belittles his enemies by detailing the fullness and frequency of his erections. People could debate, take polarized positions, but the facts were never debatable. Your ticket purchase directly benefits MSP Film Society during these challenging times, thank you! You’d probably start to see yourself as a tragic hero of Grecian legend, too. The conviction of Maria Ressa, a prominent journalist in the Philippines, was seen as a blow to both press and broader freedoms in the country. 1hr 50min CAST: Rodrigo R. Duterte, Pia Ranada, Maria Ressa DIRECTOR: Ramona S. Diaz VIRTUAL SCREENING ROOM | CLOSES 8/20 ‘folklore’ album out now: https://store.taylorswift.com Official audio for ‘Death By A Thousand Cuts’ performed by Taylor Swift. Fourteen years later, I’m in her office asking for permission and hoping she doesn’t remember. Tweet. For Diaz, gaining entry to Duterte’s inner circle proved much simpler. With press freedom under threat in the Philippines, A Thousand Cuts goes inside the escalating war between the government and the press. They think they have the powers of persuasion, that by the end of the process, you’ll see it how they see it.”. In 2016, outsider candidate Rodrigo Duterte upset the political establishment in the Philippines by winning the presidency and promising vengeance and violence. The pushback against “A Thousand Cuts” was not overt. Titled, Documentary+, the service launched today, and offers all … PBS is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. A Thousand Cuts, Ramona Diaz's documentary on Filipino journalist Maria Ressa, won Best Documentary at the 30th Gotham Awards. Other flashes of the bizarre – Bato karaoke-ing a John Legend ballad, the glammed-up Duterte Dancers performing a Chicago drill routine at one of his rallies – also enliven Diaz’s footage.