Limang Bagsak
Poetry Night by KM64 and Artist's Response to the Call For Social Change and Transformation (Artist's Arrest)
with Film Showing by Southern Tagalog Exposure
Performers/Speakers
...AND MORE
On the censorship of "RIGHTS"
"RIGHTS", a collection of public service advertisements, is an initiative of the Free Jonas Burgos Movement and Southern Tagalog Exposure. RIGHTS seeks to promote awareness on the continuing human rights abuses, extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances in the country.
On Sep 18, three days before it's scheduled premiere at Robinson's Galleria Indiesine, RIGHTS was given an X rating by the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB), effectively banning any form of public exhibition. The MTRCB thinks the films in the collection are "unfair, one-sided, and undermines the faith of the people in the government and duly constituted authorities".
Reminiscent of Martial Law, the administration now resorts to the censoring of films expressing critical views in the same manner that silences activists and others who air their legitimate grievances.
