A Rustling of Leaves: Inside the Philippine Revolution 1988
Genre: Documentary
Director: Nettie Wild
Writer: Nettie Wild
Cast: Edicio G. Dela Torre, Corazon Aquino, Bernabe Buscayno
Released: 13 Oct 1988
Runtime: 110 min
Country: Canada
A chronicle of the three points of a political triangle — the legal left, the illegal (armed) revolution, and the enemy which threatens them both: the armed reactionary right. It is 1987. The dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos has just been overthrown. Newly elected President Corazon Aquino struggles to wrench control of the country from her own military. A Rustling of Leaves poses the key question facing the revolutionaries and the Filipino Left: Should the People’s Movement continue the guerilla war, or do they dare enter legal politics and reveal the hidden face of the revolution?
Awards
3 wins & 1 nomination
