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Batas Militar (transl. Martial Law, marketed as Batas Militar: A Documentary on Martial Law in the Philippines) is a 1997 Filipino television documentary film about martial law under Ferdinand Marcos, [3] and the ouster movement against him, the People Power Revolution. [4]
This is a list of films that deals with topics about the 1972–1981 martial law under Ferdinand Marcos. Various filmmakers made films that directly deal with the political atmosphere, provide social commentary, or chronicle the life of Filipinos during the period.
The documentary revolves around a group of people's collective memory of the September 1974 Malisbong Massacre that was part of the overall counter-insurgency effort of Ferdinand Marcos during the Marcos martial law era.
Martial law monument in Mehan Garden. Martial law in the Philippines (Filipino: Batas Militar sa Pilipinas) refers to the various historical instances in which the Philippine head of state placed all or part of the country under military control [1] —most prominently [2]: 111 during the administration of Ferdinand Marcos, [3] [4] but also during the Philippines' colonial period, during the ...
Martial law is often imposed in times of crisis, including: Wartime : When a country is at war and the military needs to assume greater control to protect national security.
Martial law is not defined in the Constitution or in any law passed by Congress, according to the Brennan Center for Justice. Rather, it is a legal theory that usually refers to when "the military ...
A former defence minister who officials said recommended Yoon declare martial law has been indicted on charges of insurrection and will go on trial on Jan. 16. Some of the top military officers ...
Produced during martial law under the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos, it depicted the street protests that were censored in the Marcos-controlled mass media. [3] The documentary was screened at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2022 as part of a retrospective on the works of Mike de Leon. [4]