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FILM SERIES: VISIONS/PANAWIN - FOCUS ON PHILIPPINE CINEMA FILM: Heneral Luna (2015, 118 min)

written by Henry Francia, Ed Rocha, and Jerrold Tarog; directed by Jerrold Tarog.

April 16 – 22


Synopsis: After the late 19th-century Philippine revolution and declaration of independence from Spain, Madrid-educated Antonio Luna emerges as one of the fiercest generals of the Philippine forces in the ensuing Philippine-American war. The short-tempered general finds himself facing an enemy more formidable than the American army: His own treacherous countrymen.

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Visions/Panawin is organized by Sulo: the Philippine Studies Initiative at NYU in collaboration with NYU King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center and TBA Studios.