The film chronicles Filipino journalist Maria Ressa's fight to hold those in power accountable.
When misinformation and disinformation run rampant and journalists are blocked from speaking truth to power, democracy will die a death by “a thousand cuts,” says journalist Maria Ressa.
. And Ressa, who previously worked at CNN, put herself in the crosshairs as a vocal critic of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and his war on drugs. The charges related to a May 29, 2012, Rappler report on wealthy businessman Wilfredo Keng’s ties to drug dealing and human trafficking. Earlier this month, a Manila court found Ressa and former Rappler reporter Reynaldo Santos Jr. guilty.
Ressa said a verdict like this is significant because it codifies the “kind of abuses that we have lived through in the last four years.”awaiting Duterte’s signature is getting attention worldwide. “This is the time when Filipinos are going to have to decide what kind of system we want. Do we want democracy, or do we want autocracy?” Ressa said.called the law “a human rights disaster in the making” that will “open the door to arbitrary arrests and long prison sentences” for the president’s critics.In Ramona Diaz's documentary"A Thousand Cuts," journalist Maria Ressa puts her freedom on the line in defense of truth and democracy.
Filipinos around the world, particularly in the United States, have been asking how to respond to what is happening in the Philippines. Ressa said Filipino Americans have more power than they think, whether it’s connecting with family and friends still in the country or sharing their stories on social media.
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