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Aug 7, 2020 · It is a balancing act of a documentary that explains what’s happening in the Philippines, how it could happen anywhere, while countering what could have been a brutal nightmare without a vision of resilient hope in Maria Ressa.
A Thousand Cuts is a 2020 Philippine-American documentary film about Maria Ressa, the founder of the online news site Rappler. Directed by Ramona Diaz, it explores the conflicts between the press and the Filipino government under President Rodrigo Duterte. The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 25, 2020.
Oct 1, 2022 · INFO. A signal achievement of the documentary is that it makes palpable for the audience the effects of Duterte’s attacks and threats on the persons of the journalists themselves, whose job it is...
Feb 7, 2020 · ‘A Thousand Cuts’: Film Review The wit and warmth of renowned Filipino journalist/crusader Maria Ressa shines brilliantly in Ramona S. Diaz's searching, salutary doc. By Jessica Kiang
ABOUT — A Thousand Cuts. Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Journalist Maria Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy.
Aug 10, 2020 · ‘A Thousand Cuts’ Review: A Free Press Endures Lacerations This documentary profiles Maria Ressa, a journalist who has fearlessly chronicled abuses in the Philippines under the Duterte...
The new documentary 'A Thousand Cuts' traces Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on the press, the spread of disinformation on social media — and one journalist’s vow to “hold...