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Bontoc Eulogy

199556m10.0

Documentary

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Runtime: 56m
Genre: Documentary
Origin: Philippines

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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?

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.

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Director: Marlon Fuentes, Bridget Yearian
Writing: Marlon Fuentes
Status: Released
Released: Mar 31, 1995
Studio: Corporation for Public Broadcasting, National Asian American Telecommunications Association

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