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Anna Cerezo

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1711299693610viber_image_2024-03-25_00-20-49-061.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="MANILA -- The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) and The Metropolitan Theater on Sunday screened Lino Brocka&#x27;s 1976 film " as="" part="" of="" its="" celebration="" Month.="" The="" which="" starred="" Hilda="" Koronel="" and="" was="" shot="" in="" the="" very="" first="" Philippine="" movie="" to="" be="" Cannes="" Film="" Festival.="" screening="" done="" collaboration="" with="" Development="" Council="" Philippines="" Cine="" Archive="" Commission="" on="" Women="" Among="" audience="" who="" watched="" is="" award-winning="" art="" director="" Fiel="" Zabat="" worked="" production="" design.="" were="" too="" giving="" then.="" Not="" anymore.="" After="" women="" are="" braver.="" They="" getting="" their="" own="" said="" Zabat.="" In="" screened=""/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">A screening of Lino Brocka&#x27;s &quot;Insiang&quot; at the Metropolitan Theater. <em>Anna Cerezo, ABS-CBN News</em></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">MANILA -- The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) and The Metropolitan Theater on Sunday screened Lino Brocka&#x27;s 1976 film &quot;Insiang&quot; as part of its celebration of Women&#x27;s Month.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The film, which starred Hilda Koronel and was shot in Tondo, was the very first Philippine movie to be part of the Cannes Film Festival.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The free screening was done in collaboration with the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP), Cine Filipina, Philippine Film Archive (PFA), and the Philippine Commission on Women (PCW).</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Among the audience who watched &quot;Insiang&quot; is acclaimed, award-winning art director Fiel Zabat who worked on the film&#x27;s production design.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">&quot;Women were too giving then. Not anymore. After 48 years, women are braver. They are getting their own place,&quot; said Zabat. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">In 2015, &quot;Insiang&quot; was screened in Cannes in the &quot;Cannes Classic&quot; section.</span></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>

<p>The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) and The Metropolitan Theater on Sunday screened Lino Brocka's 1976 film "Insiang" as part of its celebration of Women's Month.</p>

The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) and The Metropolitan Theater on Sunday screened Lino Brocka's 1976 film "Insiang" as part of its celebration of Women's Month.

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Lino Brocka's 'Insiang' screened for free at Metropolitan Theater

Anna Cerezo,

ABS-CBN News

Published March 25, 2024 02:02 AM PHT

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