Wake: Subic (2015)

Name: Wake: Subic
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2018-03-20T19:42:11+01:00
Rating: 3.5

Documentary | 277 minutes

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Genre: Documentary

Duration: 277 minuten

Country: Philippines / United States

Directed by: John Gianvito

IMDb score: 7,9 (19)

Releasedate: 22 October 2015

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Wake: Subic plot

The background of this mix of cinéma vérité, landscape photography and interviews, interlarded with historical texts and songs of the resistance, is the horrific environmental pollution and its consequences for the residents around the enormous former American naval base Subic. As an antidote to historic amnesia, Gianvito also traces back to the forgotten horrors of the Philippine-American War (1899-1913), the beginning of the Yankees' military presence, which ended in 1991 when the Philippine Senate decided to close the bases. to close. In its multiplicity, the film touches on a much larger story about the tragic consequences of unrestrained militarism, historical amnesia and colonial relations.