Batas Militar (1997 film)

Batas Militar (lit. 'Martial Law') is a 1997 Filipino television documentary film about martial law under Ferdinand Marcos.[3] The film was directed by Jon Red and Jeannette Ifurung, with the former focusing on dramatizations.[4] It is the most expensive documentary film produced in the Philippines.

Batas Militar
GenreDocumentary
Written byLito Tiongson [1]
Directed by
  • Jeannette Ifurung (Post-production)[1]
  • Jon Red (Film and field production)[1]
Narrated byJoonee Gamboa[1]
Composer(s)Jaime Fabregas[1]
Country of originPhilippines
Original language(s)Filipino
Production
Executive producer(s)Kara Magsanoc-Alikpala[1]
Producer(s)
Running time110 minutes[1]
Production company(s)Foundation for Worldwide People Power[1]
Release
Original networkABS-CBN
Picture format480i (SDTV)
Original release
  • September 21, 1997 (1997-09-21)[2]

The documentary was broadcast on September 21, 1997. The documentary was subsequently released on VHS.

Synopsis

It features the human rights violations during martial law in the Philippines, the economy, and the biographies of Ferdinand Marcos, his wife Imelda Marcos, and his prominent critic Benigno Aquino Jr.

Interviewees

The following is a list of interviewees in the documentary, conducted from March until May 1997:

Production

Eugenia Apostol, a journalist and publisher, brought a film crew together to create a documentary under her newly established Foundation for Worldwide People Power (now the Eggie Apostol Foundation) about the injustices committed during the two-decade presidency of Ferdinand Marcos.[2][5] Jon Red and Jeannette Ifurung became the film's pair of directors, with the former focusing on dramatizations and shoots on location, while the latter focused on post-production.[4] The resulting work became the most expensive documentary film produced in the Philippines.[2]

Release

Batas Militar aired on Philippine television network ABS-CBN on September 21, 1997 and was repeated on February 25, 2016,[2] airing on PTV in 1998 and 2012, ABS-CBN News Channel in 2012 and 2016, and Knowledge Channel from 2011 until 2012. Afterwards, it was subsequently released on VHS.[2][6] As of 2016, the documentary has not yet been released on the DVD format.[2] However, filmmaker Mike de Leon has since posted the entire film on Vimeo through his Citizen Jake production account on February 1, 2019.[4]

See also
  • List of films about martial law in the Philippines

References
  1. Foundation for Worldwide People Power (February 1, 2019). Batas Militar. Vimeo, LLC. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  2. Doyo, Ma. Ceres P. (March 3, 2016). "Clamor for 'Batas Militar' DVD". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Philippine Daily Inquirer, Inc. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
  3. "Who's Who in Print Journalism: Eugenia Apostol". Media Museum. Asian Institute of Journalism and Communication. Retrieved April 29, 2020. [Eugenia Apostol] produced and released the television documentary "Batas Militar" in time for the anniversary of the declaration of martial law in 1997.
  4. Citizen Jake (February 1, 2019). "Batas Militar 1997. Color/109 minutes; with English Subtitles. A Production of the Eggie Apostol Foundation". Vimeo. Vimeo, LLC. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  5. Hernandez, Butch (August 3, 2012). "The Eggie Apostol Foundation". Inquirer Opinion. INQUIRER.net. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  6. "Batas militar (VHS tape, 1997)". WorldCat. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
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