Movies: JL Burgos

  • 2024
    Flying Embers and a Fortress

    Flying Embers and a Fortress (2024)

    Flying Embers and a Fortress

    102024HD

    The brother of missing activist Jonas Burgos bares in this documentary the untold stories behind the confidential leads, damning evidence, and why the disappearance of his brother remains a relevant case today....

    Flying Embers and a Fortress
  • 2023
    Hour of Danger

    Hour of Danger (2023)

    Hour of Danger

    22023HD

    As the EDSA Revolution unfolds, a mother, son, and daughter who live in a slum near Malacañang Palace grapple with the murder of their patriarch in the hands of corrupt policemen, turning from passive victims of social injustice into active participa...

    Hour of Danger
  • 2015
    Portraits of Mosquito Press

    Portraits of Mosquito Press (2015)

    Portraits of Mosquito Press

    02015HD

    The documentary about the history and struggle for Press Freedom of Mosquito Press during the dark days of Marcos dictatorship....

    Portraits of Mosquito Press
  • 2017
    Playground

    Playground (2017)

    Playground

    02017HD

    Brought by poverty, Petang and Cereno are driven into the realm of child labor to live by the clock. Film Weekly follows their journey as they step back to breathe and to be children once again....

    Playground
  • 2020
    Shooting Covid-19: Media Frontliners in Manila

    Shooting Covid-19: Media Frontliners in Manila (2020)

    Shooting Covid-19: Media Frontliners in Manila

    02020HD

    Uncertainty and fear loom as Duterte threatens “quarantine violators” while dissatisfaction with the government’s COVID-19 pandemic response grows....

    Shooting Covid-19: Media Frontliners in Manila