Corazon Aquino
Actor · 1933 – 2009 · Paniqui, Tarlac, Philippines
Maria Corazon "Cory" Sumulong Cojuangco-Aquino served as the eleventh President of the Philippines from 1986 - 1992. She was an instrumental figure in the 1986 People Power Revolution, ending two decade rule of Ferdinand Marcos Sr.
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Movie10.0Documentary"Batas Militar" is a definitive documentary about martial law under the dictatorship of former President Ferdinand Marcos in the Philippines.
Batas Militar
1997 · 1 votes
Movie7.8DramaSpanning from 1971 to 1987, in rural areas under the Marcos regime, a poor farming family struggle to overcome challenges brought on by corruption and greed for power.
Movie7.0DocumentaryDocumentary to trace the origins of People Power in history, to determine how it has strengthened democratic institutions in the Philippines, and to see where it is headed, despite the distractions and corruptions we have been seeing these past two years.
MovieDocumentaryDramaAn exploration of non-violence as the means to achieving social reforms, focusing on the downfall of Pinochet in Chile, the Palestinian Intifada, and Cory Aquino's "people power" revolution in the Philippines.
People Power
1989
Movie6.0DocumentaryIt is about the story of the final days of Aquino from 12 August 1983 to 21 August till he was assassinated at the Manila International Airport. It features interviews and commentaries from Aquino's wife and former Philippine president, Corazon Aquino.
The Last Journey of Ninoy
2009 · 1 votes
MovieDocumentaryPeter Couchman presents this story, which documents the four days leading up to the overthrow of the Philippines Marcos government in 1986.
Movie10.0DocumentaryA chronicle of the three points of a political triangle — the legal left, the illegal (armed) revolution, and the enemy which threatens them both: the armed reactionary right. It is 1987. The dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos has just been overthrown. Newly elected President Corazon Aquino struggles to wrench control of the country from her own military. A Rustling of Leaves poses the key question facing the revolutionaries and the Filipino Left: Should the People’s Movement continue the guerilla war, or do they dare enter legal politics and reveal the hidden face of the revolution?
A Rustling of Leaves: Inside the Philippine Revolution
1988 · 1 votes
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TV6.3DocumentaryNewsCurrent affairs programme, featuring interviews and investigative reports on a wide variety of subjects.
Panorama
1953 · 14 votes
TV7.0NewsDocumentaryWorld in Action was Granada Television’s flagship ITV current affairs series, running from 7 Jan 1963 to 7 Dec 1998, and built a reputation for film-led investigative reporting and a forceful editorial stance. Its journalism produced major public and political repercussions—including investigations associated with miscarriages of justice such as the Birmingham Six—and it also served as a platform for landmark documentary projects, including the first broadcast of “Seven Up!” as part of the strand in 1964.
World in Action
1963 · 2 votes
- TV8.5Documentary
They are the tragic stories at the heart of some of history's most defining moments - tales of hatred and obsession, fanaticism and a burning desire for attention. In Assassinations That Changed the World, HISTORY examines the famous assassinations and assassination attempts that have left their mark on humanity.
Assassinations That Changed the World
1996 · 2 votes