Michael Collins

USA / UK / 2011 / 95 min

Corruption, politics and class discrimination in the Philippines are revealed on an astonishing scale in Give Up Tomorrow. Two women were murdered while young man Paco Larrañaga was partying hundreds of miles away, yet he languishes in prison for a crime he did not commit. The film uses photos, news archives, clandestine prison footage, verité scenes and animation to weave the narrative of staggering injustice. Manipulated and melodramatic TV news is contrasted with reality and fact, and we see that innocence becomes almost irrelevant in a story of the powerful versus the victimised.
 

Sydney Premiere

Sun, October 9 - 1:30 pm
Cinema 1, Chauvel Cinema

Selected Festivals & Awards

Audience Award Winner and Best New Documentary Director at 2011 Tribeca Film Festival, Audience Award winner at Sheffield Doc/Fest, Activism Jury Award Winner at Traverse City Film Festival

Director: Michael Collins
Producer: Marty Syjuco
Editor: Eric Metzgar

Followed by panel discussion,
co-presented with Ozdox.

The panel will discuss some issues raised in the film and the way documentary makers work on issues and /or stories where access is scarce.