Film ‘Gomburza’ on racial bias in Philippines stirs sentiments
01 Mar 2024
This is “Gomburza,” the most-awarded – at six of 11 – in the Metro Manila Film Festival 2023. Not only it is a deep dive into the Historia De Los Fillipinos – Narrative of the Filipinos – during the 300 years of Spanish colonisation for which Espana ruled with might using the armour of Roman Catholicism, it is, as well, the mirroring of man’s heart-borne ordeals for the sole purpose of self-perpetuation because of the magnetising effect of power, fame and fortune, fuelled by avarice.