During the upheaval surrounding the fall of Ferdinand Marcos in 1986, filmmaker Jon Alpert travels across the Philippines documenting everyday life amid political crisis. Through encounters with citizens from all walks of life, the film reveals the stark inequalities and tensions shaping a nation on the brink of revolution.
Jon Alpert
Director
The Class of ‘9271%
Directed by John Ford70%
McQueen74%
Public Speaking70%
Tricked: The Documentary61%
Above Majestic73%
A Plastic Ocean75%
My Mom Jayne80%
180° South72%
Report61%
Extremis69%
In the Realms of the Unreal71%
I Am Heath Ledger74%
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty77%
Champs63%
Louis Theroux: Twilight of the Porn Stars63%
Seduced and Abandoned62%
Don't F*#% With John Wick76%
The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends71%
Maternal Instinct71%
