Programmed July 2025

Lino Brocka: Legend of Philippine Cinema

Intense, searing visions of life, death, sex, and struggle on the mean streets of Manila, the films of preeminent Filipino auteur Lino Brocka fuse feverish melodrama with hard-hitting social and political commentary. His films—including defining works of Filipino cinema like the gritty urban nightmare Manila in the Claws of Light , the shattering revenge drama Insiang , and the blistering action thriller Cain and Abel —scorch the screen with raw emotion and righteous anger at class inequality, sexual violence, and the pervasive corruption of the Marcos era.