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Between Brooklyn and Manila

By Dean Colin Marcial | August 7, 2018

By Dean Colin Marcial | August 7, 2018

Between Brooklyn and Manila

Manila Death Squad's director on his adopted home and his birth country, and making work that explores the gap between the two places.

Brian Trenchard-Smith (Drive Hard) Talks Making a War Movie in a War Zone

By Brian Trenchard-Smith | October 18, 2014

By Brian Trenchard-Smith | October 18, 2014

Brian Trenchard-Smith (Drive Hard) Talks Making a War Movie in a War Zone

The veteran director recalls making a movie about the Vietnam War in the Philippines — where a real conflict was taking place at the very same time.