martial law

#NeverForget: Events, film screenings, forums on martial law’s 50th anniversary

This Sept. 23 marks 50 years since martial law was declared. These activities aim to remind us about the atrocities that came with it

No, history is not up for debate

No matter how many sides there are to the story, the facts—and the truth—will always remain the same

Lav Diaz is making his small screen debut with ‘Servando Magdamag’

The eight-episode show is based on Ricky Lee’s “Servando Magdamag” and tackles agrarian issues at the dawn of the oppressive Marcos regime

Pio Abad’s latest exhibit reveals the ugliness behind the beauty of martial law

The London-based Filipino artist returns to talks about navigating the cognitive dissonance of our fraught understanding of history

silk scarf art by pio abad
Brush up on martial law facts with a ‘The Kingmaker’ live forum, art exhibits, and a digital library

“The Kingmaker” live screening and discussion, artist Pio Abad’s Marcosian iconography exhibit at Silverlens, and a free digital library by the Bantayog ng mga Bayani Foundation with hundreds of resources about martial law from ’80s underground publications

actress dexter doria on set of her new online web series didiserye
Dexter Doria is tired of seeing martial law misinformation online so she made this series

The actress wants to debunk historical revisionism while making complex theories digestible for everyone through her educational series “Didiserye”

Marcos Malakas at Maganda
‘Malakas at Maganda’ as propaganda: Deceitful art during Martial Law

This is how the Marcoses used myth for deceit

marcos family inquirer
Martial law misinformation is everywhere. Scholars and human rights activists want to correct that

The University of the Philippines’s week-long virtual commemoration “Days of Remembrance” will dispel myths like Marcos’s alleged heroism and the “economic golden age” under martial law through discussions and conversations

Daang Dokyu is going online, and they want you to #NeverForget Martial Law

Daang Dokyu, the country’s first documentary festival, is returning this September—and they’re using their collection…