In “Alipato”, Khavn’s previous feature, the Filipino director presented children as the victims and perpetrators of violence to highlight the consequences of violence in the urban setting. This time, he uses a child and an infant in a similar, but much more toned down way, to highlight the consequences of war and particularly the aftermath of the battle of Balangiga in 1901, when Brigadier General Robert P. Hughes, in order to retaliate for the death of about 48 members of the Us army, gave orders in the style of “Take no prisoners” and “burn them all”. What followed is considered as one of the first genocides of the 20th century, and was the first time that American officers and troops were officially charged with what we would now call war crimes.
Balangiga: Howling Wilderness is screening at the exground filmfest
The story starts just after the aforementioned orders, as an 8-year-old...
Balangiga: Howling Wilderness is screening at the exground filmfest
The story starts just after the aforementioned orders, as an 8-year-old...
- 11/26/2018
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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