A Rustling of Leaves

Shot entirely on location over eight months, often in dangerous conditions, Wild’s film is far from being a dry study of the complex ins and outs of Filipino politics. Instead it follows five characters through the post-Marcos world: two NPA guerillas, one of them a priest and the other the political leader of the shadow government; the original founder of the NPA, known as Kummander Dante, who is testing Aquino’s commitment to democracy by running for the Senate; a rabidly right-wing radio broadcaster who spreads anti-Communist propaganda for a vigilante group; and a priest-activist in Manila who has since been forced into exile.