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American soldiers stranded in the Philippines after the Japanese invasion form guerrilla bands to fight back. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation in 2001.

Fort Mysang, southern Philippine Islands, under US rule, 1906. A small group of army officers and native troops resist the fierce and treacherous attacks of the ruthless Alisang and his fanatical followers.

Filmed in a village of the indigenous Mandaya people, located in a mountainous area of southeastern Mindanao, the country's second largest island, the documentary portrays the struggle of the Communist Party of the Philippines and its armed wing, the New People's Army, for the rights of indigenous Filipino peoples and the environment, which are constantly under threat from landowners, large logging companies and agribusiness.

Flashbacks encompass the history of the Philippines as well as the life story of the elderly Daniel Aguila. The Aguila family gathers to celebrate Daniel's 88th birthday, but the old man is nowhere to be seen--he has been missing for a decade. Suspecting that his father is in Mindanao, one of his sons takes off for that region in a determined search. Along the way, his memories of the nation and his father's life tell the story of 80 tumultuous years of personal and historical development.

A twenty-six year old Tessa secretly enters the monkey business of drug trade as a courier to meet her and her brother Alfred’s needs for survival. She receives a text message to deliver an unusually heavy package to an unknown receiver and soon faces the comeuppance of her actions.

A young man retreats into his own sanctuary—a life defined by solitude, and the soothing notes of his instrument. Yet, the beauty of his solitude is overwhelmed by the noise of his mother's driven expectations. Escapes to the shore, hoping the waves will drown out the noise.