DUE to insistent
public demand, the Cultural Center of the Philippines re-screens the
documentary “The Kingmaker” by award-winning filmmaker Lauren Greenfield on
February 19, 2020.
In commemoration
of the 34th anniversary of the EDSA People Power Uprising this February, The
Kingmaker will have simultaneous screenings at the Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino
and Tanghalang Manuel Conde.
Screening will
be at 1:30pm, 4pm, 6pm and 9pm. There
will be a panel discussion at 4pm. The
CCP offers block screening at 10am, just contact the Sales and Promotions
Division at 8832-3706 or email ccpsalesandpromo@gmail.com.
The 100-minute
documentary explores the disturbing legacy of the Marcos regime and examines
the Marcos family's improbable return to power in the Philippines.
The film
chronicles Imelda’s present-day push to help her son, Bongbong, win the
vice-presidency. To this end, Imelda
confidently rewrites her family’s history of corruption, replacing it with a
narrative of a matriarch’s extravagant love for her country. “In an age when fake news impacts elections,
Imelda’s comeback story is a cautionary tale,” said Greenfield. Its Philippine premiere at the CCP on January
29 enjoyed overwhelming public response, with over 1,200 audience count. The moderated panel discussion was attended by
approximately 400 people.
The documentary
had its world premiere at the 2019 Venice Film Festival, followed by screenings
at the 2019 Telluride Film Festival, Toronto, and London Film Festivals. The first documentary to be invited to all
four of these top festivals, the film has since garnered a Writers Guild
Nomination, as well as three Critics Choice Nominations and the Critics Choice
honor for the “Most Compelling Living Subject of a Documentary.”
Named by the New
York Times as “America’s foremost visual chronicler of the plutocracy,” Emmy
Award–winning filmmaker/photographer Lauren Greenfield has produced
groundbreaking work on consumerism, youth culture, and gender for the last 25
years. Her films “Generation Wealth,”
“The Queen of Versailles,” and “Thin,” her viral commercial #LikeaGirl, and her
photography books “Generation Wealth,” “Fast Forward,” and “Girl Culture” have
garnered countless awards and provoked international dialogue about some of the
most important issues of our time.
The screening of
The Kingmaker is under Cinemulat, a CCP Arthouse Cinema program that showcases
films that breathe life and context on important social, political and cultural
events that discursively shaped the nation and molded the filmmakers, their art
and spectators.
For this month
of February, the CCP Arthouse Cinema has incorporated several other films to
commemorate the EDSA People Power. Under
the Pelicoolab: Gawad Alternatibo Specials, featured films are “People Power:
The Philippine Experience” by The Filipino People; “Pak U Erap” by Jose Milos
B. Curameng; “Row Our Boat” by Don Salubayba; and “A Day in the Life of Gloria
Arroyo” by RJ Mabilin. They will be
screened on February 21, 2020.
For more
information, call the CCP Film, Broadcast and New Media Division at 8832-1125,
local 1705 & 1712. For ticket
inquiries, call the CCP Box Office at 8832-3704, or TicketWorld at 8891-9999.
Visit the official CCP social media accounts and website
(www.culturalcenter.gov.ph). (PR)
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