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The official movie poster of “Alipato at Muog ,” a film about the disappearance of Filipino activist Jonas Burgos and other human rights victims. Filipino independent filmmaker JL Burgos has unveiled to the public a film titled that seeks to “uncover the hard truths” surrounding the enforced disappearance of his brother and other victims in the country.
Seventeen years later, the Burgos family and advocacy groups continue their painful journey for the search of Jonas, whose family’s patriarch, the late Jose Burgos, was a figurehead of press freedom in the Philippines during the Martial Law regime. Interestingly, the film has also made it as finalist in the country’s biggest independent film festival, Cinemalaya 2024’s full length film category.Asked what he would expect from the Philippine government once the film hits the cinemas, the younger Burgos said: “We really are hoping, as ordered by the courts, that the government particularly the state forces to surface Jonas in whatever state he’s in.
“We are happy and heartened that the family of Jonas Burgos has taken the step to highlight yet again his disappearance and their years-long struggle to him. The film is a testament to the continuing scourge of enforced disappearances in the Philippines, targeting mostly activists, often indigenous peoples and environment defenders,” Carlos Conde, senior research at the New York-based Human Rights Watch, also told Manila Standard in an interview.
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