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The Machine That Killed Bad People (1990)

Status: Released
Original Language: English
Budget: $0
Revenue: $0

Name: The Machine That Killed Bad People
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1990-02-14
Duration: 120 min
Cast: Steve Fagin, Trịnh T. Minh-hà, Constance DeJong, Ron Vawter

Feb 14, 1990 Documentary 2h 0m

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Overview

The Machine That Killed Bad People is about the cultural and political history of the Philippines leading up to the overthrow of President Ferdinand Marcos in 1986. It also addresses the role of electronic media in the struggle for power, and more broadly, American intervention in the Third World. Using a structure that emulates the way television news programs construct meaning through fragmentation, the tape interweaves clips of Filipino activists and reporters, a fictional television anchorwoman and correspondent, commentary by independent filmmaker Trinh T. Minh-ha, Fagin's off-camera voice and script, and anonymous excerpts from commercial television.