Ramona S. Diaz discusses her latest documentary A Thousand Cuts.
(8/10/20)In 2016, outsider candidate Rodrigo Duterte upset the political establishment in the Philippines by winning the presidency after promising vengeance and violence. Within hours of him taking office, bodies piled up in the streets. Rappler, the country\u2019s top online news site, investigated the murders and revealed a government-sanctioned drug war targeting poor addicts instead of lucrative dealers. In her latest documentary \u201cA Thousand Cuts,\u201d Filmmaker Ramona S. Diaz documents the increasingly dangerous war between the local press and the Philippine government.