Riddle (Superstitions from the Garbage)

director: Mario Mercado, Rei M. Nicandro

original title: Bugtong (Mga pamahiin mula sa basurahan)

country: Philippines

year: 1990

running time: 6 min.

synopsis

A wryly poignant socially critical collage of archival material depicts the Philippines as a giant junkyard where various interest groups clash. Politicians meet with foreign delegations and church leaders; revolutionaries urge armed uprising while impoverished children play in the garbage.

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director:

Mario Mercado, Rei M. Nicandro

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