Center for Asian American Media

SPIRITS RISING is a moving, evocative and timely program about women in the Philippines and their epic journey from pre-colonial priestess to president of the republic. Myth, literature, news footage and interviews with President Cory Aquino, Imelda Marcos and prominent individuals who facilitated the “people power movement” are woven together to portray a powerful matriarchal Malay identity that has been imperative to the future of the Philippine nation.

“An hour-long documentary that blends striking cinematography with archival footage to tell an epic tale: the role of women in Philippine history.”

- AsianWeek

“Well-made…building toward an urgent sense of revolutionary drama.”

- Variety

Awards
Student Academy Award, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Gold Apple, National Educational Media Network

Recognition
National Public Television Broadcast

College/Institution

Note for K-12/Public Library/Community Groups

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