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Liway is a 2018 Filipino independent film about the experiences of Dakip, a young boy growing up in a prison as the son of anti-Marcos dissident Cecilia Flores-Oebanda, better known as Commander Liway and referred to in the film by the vernacular endearment "Day", during the waning days of the Marcos dictatorship. [2]
Mar 17, 2022 · Liway is a Tagalog-language independent film that premiered in Cinemalaya Festival 2018. The story is about a mother trying to keep hope alive for her young son inside Martial Law-era prison...
Aug 16, 2018 · Liway shows how a political detainee, and even a rebel, takes on many other roles just like everyone. Inside the prison with her husband and son, Liway exhibits the same courage and firmness as she had as a guerilla fighter.
Oct 13, 2018 · Liway is an astounding personal work as it mines its narrative from the memories of Oebanda growing up within the confines of his parents’ prison. What is fascinating about the film is that it ...
Dakip is a little boy who lives with his parents- Day and Ric- inside Camp Delgado, a makeshift prison inside a military camp for rebels and criminals. Day does her best to shelter the child from the harsh realities of their life with songs and stories about an enchantress named Liway.
Oct 10, 2018 · Liway: Directed by Kip Oebanda. With Glaiza De Castro, Dominic Roco, Kenken Nuyad, Soliman Cruz. The true story of a young mother who uses story-telling to protect her child from the reality of growing up in prison and the difficult life she endured.
Mar 27, 2021 · This review contains spoilers for Liway (2018). A criminally underrated and brilliantly told story that takes place during the final years of the Marcos regime, Liway (2018) is not a film to miss and is best going into knowing as little as possible.
