Kontra-Agos

A Resistance Films Festival

Robinson's Galleria, IndieSine
Quezon City, The Philppines
December 5-11, 2007

Unconventional Warfare

Directed By: Anna Isabelle Matutina and Herbert Docena

This documentary contextualizes the issue of US military presence in the country within the long and bitter history of conflict in the south. Countering the reductionist frame set by the narrative of the “global war against terror,” it examines the historical conditions that led to the emergence of the Moro separatist movement and the subsequent rise of the Abu Sayyaf. It dissects the government’s contradictory attempts to downplay its threat while at the same time justifying escalating military operations in the region.

Against this backdrop, the documentary then probes allegations of US military involvement in the war.