Give Up Tomorrow

Verzio9 FF Submission. Duration: 01:35:00 As a tropical storm beats down on the Philippine island of Cebu, two sisters – 21-year old Marijoy and 23-year old Jacqueline – leave work and never reach home. That same night, hundreds of miles away in Manila, on a different island, 19-year old Paco Larrañ...

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Other Authors: Collins, Michael
Institution:Open Society Archives at Central European University
Language:English
Spanish
Published: Syjuco, Marty ; Metzgar, Eric Daniel ; Díaz, Ramona ; Bennett, Steve ; Vicencio, Carmen 2011
United States
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:8eafca43-723a-42fc-a53c-c56bae9d2dd7
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description Verzio9 FF Submission. Duration: 01:35:00 As a tropical storm beats down on the Philippine island of Cebu, two sisters – 21-year old Marijoy and 23-year old Jacqueline – leave work and never reach home. That same night, hundreds of miles away in Manila, on a different island, 19-year old Paco Larrañaga is at a party with his friends and classmates. The missing women are Chinese-Filipinos, belonging to one of the poorest classes in Philippino society. Paco, accused with his friends of rape and murder, is part of a prominent mestizo political clan that includes the former president. There is frenzied media coverage of his arrest and trial, and his eventual sentence to death by lethal injection is widely applauded. Reflecting schisms of race, class, and political power at the core of the Philippines' tumultuous democracy, the film introduces families, institutions, and individuals clashing over Paco's future. Their irreconcilable versions of reality and justice play out in a case that puts a stop to a country's use of capital punishment, yet fails to set the accused free.
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institution Open Society Archives at Central European University
language English
Spanish
publishDate 2011
publisher Syjuco, Marty ; Metzgar, Eric Daniel ; Díaz, Ramona ; Bennett, Steve ; Vicencio, Carmen
United States
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[Documentary film]
title Give Up Tomorrow
topic [Documentary film]
url http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:8eafca43-723a-42fc-a53c-c56bae9d2dd7