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- Lino Brocka - Wikipedia
Catalino Ortiz Brocka (April 3, 1939 – May 22, 1991) was a Filipino film director He is widely regarded as one of the most influential and significant filmmakers in the history of Philippine cinema
- Order of National Artists: Lino Brocka - ncca. gov. ph
Catalino “Lino” Ortiz Brocka, director for film and broadcast arts, espoused the term “freedom of expression” in the Philippine Constitution Brocka took his social activist spirit to the screen leaving behind 66 films which breathed life and hope for the marginalized sectors of society — slum-dwellers, prostitutes
- Well Always Have Maynila: How Brockas Disruptive Opus Remains a . . .
Well, technically, Lino Brocka ’s career would change first After making his name in theater and TV, Brocka had turned to directing movies in 1970, garnering awards and box office success for romances, melodramas and even one historical action film (the Fernando Poe, Jr starrer Santiago!) But after a few hasty and poorly made films and a quarrel with a producer, Brocka had decided to take
- Lino Brocka: A Luminary of Philippine Cinema - The Kahimyang Project
A Ramon Magsaysay awardee in 1985, Brocka was against censorship and repression in all its forms He was honored for Journalism, Literature and the Creative Communication Arts, an award given annually to Asian individuals and organizations for achieving excellence in their respective fields
- Lino Brocka Was a Force of Change - Esquire Philippines
As a filmmaker, he created character-driven stories that didn’t shy away from Philippine social reality His works drifted from the tired commercial formula and drew inspiration from the things he knew: the poverty of his fellow man, the inequality of Filipino society, and the need to change it
- Lino Brocka: The PHILIPPINES’ Greatest Director and dear friend
Lino Brocka was a radical filmmaker whose socially conscious films explored the plight of the marginalized and ignored sectors of Filipino society Maria Soriano explores his trailblazing life and career, and looks at his films, which are unfortunately unattainable outside of The Philippines
- Lino Brocka - Artist and Director - Bantayog ng mga Bayani
Lino was born poor and failed to complete a degree but he built himself up to become an insightful director, creating Filipino films and plays that were acclaimed in local and international circles for both their craft and social content
- Director Lino Brocka: Stronger than Life - PEP. ph
Movie critics hailed Orapronobis (1989) as the most mature work of Brocka, a complex canvas of continuing oppression, political violence and injustice in Philippine society
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