Search results
After his death in a car accident in 1991, he was posthumously given the National Artist of the Philippines for Film award for "having made significant contributions to the development of Philippine arts."
May 23, 1991 · Lino Brocka, a director whose films had a strong social content, died here early today. He was 52 years old. Mr. Brocka was killed when the car in which he was riding hit a utility pole, the ...
Aug 13, 2021 · Lino Brocka died in a car accident on May 21, 1991. His untimely death did not stop his long and hard fight for social justice as he was posthumously awarded the National Artist Award and is considered, to this day, the greatest social realist, and the greatest director, the Philippines has produced.
Apr 15, 2021 · But Brocka as we know him now wasn’t born overnight. Before he became Lino Brocka, the activist-filmmaker, he was Catalino Ortiz Brocka, a young man who struggled in poverty like millions of his fellow Filipinos. Brocka was born in Pilar, Sorsogon on April 3, 1939, to very interesting times.
Jun 15, 2022 · ON MAY 21, 1991, a Tuesday, Lino Brocka woke up at around 6:30 in the morning and went to feed his birds. He had a mini-aviary in a corner of his house where he kept a pair of lovebirds, a pair of pigeons, and a mynah that liked to screech "Panget!
Jun 3, 2014 · MANILA, Philippines - Last month was the 23rd death anniversary of filmmaker and National Artist for Film Lino Brocka who died in a car accident on May 21, 1991.
May 22, 2020 · Today, May 22, is the 29th death anniversary of National Artist for Cinema Catalino “Lino” Brocka.
May 23, 2011 · It was a bit of a shock when I realized a week ago that, as of last Saturday, 20 years would have passed since film director Lino Brocka died in a car crash on East Avenue in Quezon City. The...
May 23, 1991 · Lino Brocka, a Filipino filmmaker and human rights activist, died Wednesday when his car struck a utility pole in Manila. He was 52.
May 21, 1991 · MANILA, Philippines -- Lino Brocka, whose films attempted to capture social injustice during the regime of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos and later of President Corazon Aquino, died in a...
