Kontra-Agos
A Resistance Films Festival
Robinson's Galleria, IndieSine
Quezon City, The Philppines
December 5-11, 2007
Sa Ngalan ng Tubo
A film by Tudla Productions
A video documentary that chronicles what happened on November 16, 2004 when seven people died at the picketlines of the Hacienda Luisita in Tarlac. Millworkers and farm workers of the sugar refinery and plantation owned by the Cojuangcos, one of the wealthiest landed families in the Philippines, went on strike. Their demands were met with a volley of gunfire from military and police. Beginning with the history and background of the land issue, the film builds the tension gradually, leading up to the actual footage of the Hacienda Luisita incident, when even the filmmakerholding the camera had to run for his life.
About the Group
Tudla Productions (Tudla) is an alternative media group that produces video-documentaries on the plight and struggle of basic masses and on issues that bear national significance. Tudla aspires to amplify the voice of marginalized sectors in society and the burgeoning call for genuine social change and justice.
Sa Ngalan ng Tubo is among the early works of Tudla. The film was produced in 2005 in collaboration with the Ecumenical Institute for Labor Education and Research (EILER) and Alyansa ng Mga Magbubukid sa Gitnang Luzon (AMGL).