“Before they are sending goods, now they are sending people”
Filmed on the ground in 1987, an urgent piece of third-cinema agitprop that captures the exact moment the Philippines began exporting its own people as its primary economic lifeblood.
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Lito Tiongson Director
First release June 14, 1987 · Produced in Philippines
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Asia Visions
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Philippines
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Original language
English
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Philippines · June 14, 1987
Theatrical · Migrant Workers Film Festival
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