A rebel picks up a pen and discovers the most dangerous weapon is poetry.
The tale of an activist’s journey during the turbulent years of Martial Law, until his capture in the mountains and the dark, nine years of imprisonment that followed, leading to his birth as a poet.
Direction
Dalena sisters blend documentary and reenactment like memory itself.
Writing
Sison's poems hit harder than any battle scene.
Director
Kiri Dalena
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jose Maria Sison founded the Communist Party of the Philippines in 1968 and was arrested in 1977; he wrote most of his famous poems smuggled out of prison.
The Dalena sisters are part of a rare wave of Filipino filmmakers explicitly tackling leftist history during a period of renewed political violence.
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