A Word from the Director

A Word from the Director — Plot

Mike De Leon imagined Citizen Jake “as an indictment of the Duterte regime using its horrific forerunner [the Marcoses] as a template of authoritarian rule,” and he caused a stir, as usual, in posting this promotional short for the film on social media. This short is essentially a Director's Statement in video essay form, and has been screened at New York's MoMA in their Mike De Leon retrospective.

• Release date
• March 30, 2018
• Runtime
• 5 min
• Genres
• Documentary
• Director
• Mike de Leon

A Word from the Director — Cast

Mike de Leon Narrator