Father Balweg, Rebel Priest

1986

1h 5m

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Overview

This documentary on a rebel group in the Philippines delivers a certain amount of propaganda along with inadvertent information on the kinds of issues inherited by President Corazon Aquino's new government in the mid-'80s. The rebel group in question fought dictator Ferdinand Marcos for years and were joined in 1979 by Father Conrado Balweg. One year later, Father Balweg was defrocked for taking up arms against Marcos. After the dictator was deposed and Aquino elected president, she sent a representative (her brother-in-law) to talk to the rebels about their demands. This meeting is recorded in the second half of the documentary. The first half contains the usual stock phrases about Third World problems, and explains little except that this rebel group wants independence from the Philippines for the region they control.

Status: Released

Language: EN

Production Information

Production Countries

Philippines

Spoken Languages

Tagalog English

Quick Facts

Release Date	December 12, 1986
Status	Released
Language	EN

Cast

Key Crew

Tikoy Aguiluz

Director

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