A THOUSAND CUTS

By Ramona S. DIAZ

CAA - CREATIVE ARTISTS AGENCY - as SALES

Documentary - Completed 2020


Festivals
& Awards

Sundance Film Festival 2020
U.S. Documentary Competition
    • Year of production
    • 2020
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • USA, PHILIPPINES
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH, TAGALOG
    • Duration
    • 110 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Ramona S. DIAZ
    • Synopsis
    • In 2016, outsider candidate Rodrigo Duterte upset the political establishment in the Philippines by winning the presidency and promising vengeance and violence. Within hours of taking office, bodies piled up in the streets. Rappler, the country’s top online news site, investigated the murders and revealed a government-sanctioned drug war targeting poor addicts instead of lucrative dealers. In an attempt to suppress independent reporting, Duterte unleashed a powerful disinformation campaign that spread like wildfire throughout social media.