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You can now watch Mike de Leon’s ‘Bayaning 3rd World’ for free online

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/entertainment/06/29/20180629-rizal1.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption>A scene from Mike de Leon&#x27;s 1999 black-and-white Rizal film, &#x27;Bayaning 3rd World.&#x27; <em>Solar Pictures, Vimeo</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>Mike de Leon&#x27;s &quot;Bayaning 3rd World,&quot; about two filmmakers&#x27; attempt to make a movie about the life of Jose Rizal, can now be viewed for free online after Solar Pictures acquired the rights to it. </p><p>Solar Pictures uploaded the whole movie on <a href="https://vimeo.com/277407155">Vimeo</a> Friday, with the catch that it will only be available for a month. </p><div> </div><div><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/CitizenJakeFilm/posts/458798764543342" data-width="auto"> </div><p>&quot;Bayaning 3rd World,&quot; which was shot entirely in black and white, is a &quot;part-investigative documentary, part-satire.&quot; </p><p>It was made after De Leon&#x27;s original planned movie about the national hero starring Aga Muhlach was scrapped. </p><p>Its official synopsis read: &quot;More than a century after his death, two filmmakers struggle to make some sense of the mystery that surrounds the events of the last day in the life of Rizal.</p><p>&quot;Their attempts to adapt his life into a film lead them to confront key figures in the martyr’s life before perhaps an eventual confrontation with the man himself.&quot; </p><p>It was first released in 1999. </p>

<p>"Bayaning 3rd World" is about two filmmakers' attempt to make a movie about the life of the national hero.</p>

"Bayaning 3rd World" is about two filmmakers' attempt to make a movie about the life of the national hero.