In Lauren Greenfield’s new documentary The Kingmaker, former Philippines first lady Imelda Marcos demonstrates her largesse, reaching through the window of her limousine to hand banknotes to kids o…
demonstrates her largesse, reaching through the window of her limousine to hand banknotes to kids on the street. Later she performs a similar service at a hospital, bestowing cash on families of sick children. She keeps a stack of bills at the ready for such occasions.
Greenfield began filming with Imelda in 2014. Now 90, Marcos lives comfortably in Manila, the walls of her dwelling adorned with a Picasso here, a Michelangelo there. Imelda’s daughter Imee is a senator, but her immediate hopes are pinned on son, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., known as Bongbong. Greenfield followed Bongbong in 2015 as he ran for vice president, a race he lost by an extremely narrow margin. He has been challenging the results ever since.
“The people who are the truth tellers about what happened are people like Etta Rosales and May Rodriguez, who are human rights activists who experienced torture themselves,” Greenfield comments. “Or President Noynoy Aquino…whose father [Benigno] was assassinated during the Marcos regime as the main political opposition.”
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