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Lino Brocka

Lino Brocka was a highly influential Filipino film director born in 1939. He directed over 20 films starting in 1970 that addressed important social and political issues in the Philippines. Some of his most notable films include Maynila sa mga Kuko ng Liwanag (1975) and Insiang (1976), the first Philippine film screened at the Cannes Film Festival. Brocka also founded Concerned Artists of the Philippines in 1983 to advocate for artists' role in addressing issues facing the country. He posthumously received the honor of National Artist of the Philippines for Film in 1997 for his significant contributions to Philippine cinema.

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Lino Brocka

Lino Brocka was a highly influential Filipino film director born in 1939. He directed over 20 films starting in 1970 that addressed important social and political issues in the Philippines. Some of his most notable films include Maynila sa mga Kuko ng Liwanag (1975) and Insiang (1976), the first Philippine film screened at the Cannes Film Festival. Brocka also founded Concerned Artists of the Philippines in 1983 to advocate for artists' role in addressing issues facing the country. He posthumously received the honor of National Artist of the Philippines for Film in 1997 for his significant contributions to Philippine cinema.

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Biography of Lino Brocka

Catalino Ortiz Brocka (April 3, 1939 May 22, 1991) was a


Filipino film director. He is widely regarded as one of the most
influential and significant Filipino filmmakers in Philippine cinema
history. In 1983, he founded the organization Concerned Artists of
the Philippines (CAP), dedicated to helping artists address issues
confronting the country.

Brocka was openly gay and he often incorporated LGBT themes


into his films. He has directed landmark films such as Tinimbang Ka
Ngunit Kulang (1974), Maynila sa mga Kuko ng Liwanag (1975), Insiang
(1976), Bayan Ko: Kapit sa Patalim (1984), and Orapronobis (1989). In
1997, he was posthumously given the National Artist of the Philippines
for Film award for "having made significant contributions to the
development of Philippine arts." Brocka was born in Pilar, Sorsogon.[1]
He directed his first film, Wanted: Perfect Mother, based on The
Sound of Music and a local comic serial, in 1970. It won an award for
best screenplay at the 1970 Manila Film Festival. Later that year he
also won the Citizens Council for Mass Media's best-director award
for the film Santiago!. Much of the film's acclaim is directed towards
the excellent cinematography by Mike de Leon, who would later on
direct landmark films such as Kisapmata and Batch '81. The film won
the FAMAS Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, and
Best Supporting Actor in 1976. Insiang (1976) was the first Philippine
film ever shown at the Cannes Film Festival. It is considered to be one
of Brocka's best films some say his masterpiece. The film centers
on a young woman named Insiang who lives in the infamous Manila slum

area, Tondo. It is a Shakespearean tragedy that deals with Insiang's


rape by her mother's lover, and her subsequent revenge.
In 1981, Brocka returned to the Cannes' Director's Fortnight
with his third entry, Bona, a film about obsession. In 1983, Brocka
created the organization Concerned Artists of the Philippines (CAP),
which he led for two years. His stand was that artists were first and
foremost citizens and, as such, must address the issues confronting
the country. On May 22, 1991, Brocka and actor William Lorenzo left
the Spindle Music Lounge, where they watched a show starring Malu
Barry, in a 1991 Toyota Corolla being driven by Lorenzo, heading home
to Tandang Sora in Quezon City, Metro Manila. At around 1:30 a.m.,
the car crashed into an electric post made of concrete along East
Avenue, after Lorenzo tried to avoid a tricycle suddenly swerving
towards their path. Both Brocka and Lorenzo were rushed to the East
Medical Center, where Brocka was declared dead on arrival, with
Lorenzo in critical condition but declared out of danger by doctors.[2]
In 1997, Brocka was given the posthumous distinction of National
Artist for Film.

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