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color. 56 min. Bernard Stone, dist. by Cinema Guild, 130 Madison Ave., 2d fl., New York, NY 10016-7038; 212-685-6242. 2002. $295 (Rental: $95). Public performance. HIST
After the United Stated defeated Spain in Cuba and the Philippines in 1898, the United States was granted possession of the Philippines. However, the Filipinos, having just fought a bloody revolution against Spain, were not about to become colonized to another imperialist power. Instead, they embark on a guerrilla war against U.S. forces. As the hostilities were coming to an end, a surprise attack signaled by church bells killed 50 American soldiers. This led to a brutal "kill-and-burn" policy, with villages destroyed and civilians murdered. More than a century later, the United States ...