Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorWhen Filipino American documentary filmmaker Ramona S. Diaz saw reports of people being killed in the streets as part of newly elected Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs, she knew what she wanted her next project to focus on.
But when she arrived in the country, she discovered so many journalists covering the story that she figured she needed a different focus.
The work of former CNN reporter and Rappler CEO Maria Ressa caught her eye. “She was speaking out about Duterte and his disinformation campaign and how this was a bigger problem,” Diaz says.
Ressa was soon arrested, and Diaz latched on to the journalist’s fight for freedom of the press against a populist dictatorial leader.
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