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Bontoc Eulogy (1995)
Directed by Bridget Yearian, Marlon Fuentes
“The 1904 St. Louis World's Fair included a live exhibit of tribesmen from what is now known as the Philippines; what happened to these people?”
Documentary · 56m
Marlon E. Fuentes' Bontoc Eulogy is a haunting, personal exploration into the filmmaker's complex relationship with his Filipino heritage as explored through the almost unbelievable story of the 1,100 Filipino tribal natives brought to the U.S. to be a "living exhibit" at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. For those who associate the famous fair with Judy Garland, clanging trolleys, and creampuff victoriana, Bontoc Eulogy offers a disturbing look at the cultural arrogance that went hand-in-hand with the Fair's glorification of progress. The Fair was the site of the world's largest ever "ethnological display rack," in which hundreds of so-called primitive and savage men and women from all over the globe were exhibited in contrast to the achievements of Western civilization.
Cast
Crew
- Director
- Bridget Yearian, Marlon Fuentes
- Writer
- Marlon Fuentes
- Editor
- Marlon Fuentes
- Producer
- Marlon Fuentes
Details
- Release date
- 1995-03-31
- Runtime
- 56m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English, Tagalog
- Countries
- Philippines, United States of America
- Production
- Corporation for Public Broadcasting, National Asian American Telecommunications Association