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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Rebecca Ratcliffe South-east Asia correspondent

Two films duel for last word on brutal Marcos Sr era in Philippines

Philippine senator Imee Marcos attends the premiere of Maid in Malacanang, a film about the Marcos family fleeing during the 1986 People Power Revolution
Philippine senator Imee Marcos attends the premiere of Maid in Malacanang, a film sympathetic to the Marcos family as it was ousted from power. It faces a box office battle with Katips: The Movie, about the fight for democracy. Photograph: Jam Sta Rosa/AFP/Getty Images

The fight for who gets to tell the final version of the Philippines’ history has opened a new front, with two polarising films offering different versions of the past released in cinemas.

One tells the story of student activists living under the brutal regime of Ferdinand Marcos Sr. The other examines the dictator’s last days in power from his family’s perspective.

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