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A New Documentary Observes How Spectacle, Disinformation, and History Collide in an Election

Daniel Hautzinger

In 2022, the son of a former dictator ran with the daughter of the controversial outgoing president to lead the Philippines. We spoke to the filmmaker of And So It Begins, which follows the election.

How Democracy Dies by 'A Thousand Cuts'

Daniel Hautzinger

“I felt like we were just going back to a dark time and regressing, and I just wondered, ‘What is going on in that country?’” says the native Filipino filmmaker of A Thousand Cuts, which follows journalist Maria Ressa as she faces intimidation from the government of the Philippines.
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