Fight for Us is a 1989

1989 in film

-Events:* Batman is released on June 23, and goes on to gross over $410 million worldwide.* Actress Kim Basinger and her brother Mick purchase Braselton, Georgia, for $20 million...

 Filipino political thriller

Political thriller

A political thriller is a thriller that is set against the backdrop of a political power struggle. They usually involve various extra-legal plots, designed to give political power to someone, while his opponents try to stop him. They can involve national or international political scenarios....

 film

Film

A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...

 directed by Lino Brocka

Lino Brocka

Catalino Ortiz Brocka is known as one of the greatest film directors of the Philippines. Brocka was openly homosexual and many of his films incorporated LGBT themes into their often dramatic storylines....

. The film stars Phillip Salvador

Phillip Salvador

Phillip "Ipe" Salvador is a three-time FAMAS award-winning Filipino actor.-Acting career:...

 and Dina Bonnevie

Dina Bonnevie

Geraldine Schaer Bonnevie known as Dina Bonnevie is an actress in the Philippines.-Early Life and background:...

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Plot

After being released from a Philippine prison following the fall of Ferdinand Marcos

Ferdinand Marcos

Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos, Sr. was a Filipino leader and an authoritarian President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. He was a lawyer, member of the Philippine House of Representatives and a member of the Philippine Senate...

, a former priest (Salvador) gives up his violent activities in favor of peaceful social activism. But he quickly discovers that vicious death squads, and notorious counter-insurgency operations, still plague his country, and soon he is considering joining the resistance again.

Trivia

• The production was notorious when those involved were caught up in criminal activity by Giancarlo Parretti
  Giancarlo Parretti
  Giancarlo Parretti is an Italian financier.In 1989, he took over Cannon Film Group Inc. from Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus. Almost immediately, he made plans to take over the storied French studio Pathé, and changed Cannon's name to Pathé Communications...
  
   (then the CEO of Pathe Communications, which owned Cannon Films at that time), leading people from the production to be arrested, while others continue to flee from the US authorities. Due to the incident, the film is now in the public domain
  Public domain
  Works are in the public domain if the intellectual property rights have expired, if the intellectual property rights are forfeited, or if they are not covered by intellectual property rights at all...
  
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• During its initial release, film was banned in the Philippines by Corazon Aquino
  Corazon Aquino
  Maria Corazon Sumulong Cojuangco-Aquino was the 11th President of the Philippines and the first woman to hold that office in Philippine history. She is best remembered for leading the 1986 People Power Revolution, which toppled Ferdinand Marcos and restored democracy in the Philippines...
  
   due to its subversive message (Lino Brocka
  Lino Brocka
  Catalino Ortiz Brocka is known as one of the greatest film directors of the Philippines. Brocka was openly homosexual and many of his films incorporated LGBT themes into their often dramatic storylines....
  
   was a member of a progressive organization representing artists). It was shown to the Filipino public after its premiere at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival
  1989 Cannes Film Festival
  - Jury :*Wim Wenders *Christine Gouze-Renal*Claude Beylie*Georges Delerue*Hector Babenco*Krzysztof Kieślowski*Peter Handke*Renée Blanchar*Sally Field*Silvio Clementelli-Feature film competition:* Chimère by Claire Devers...
  
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• The film became popular for activists concerning Human Rights and against "Counter-Insurgency" operations initiated by the Government. Names and places were changed yet these were based from real incidents concerning the status of the Philippines during its production.
• Aside from the film being in the public domain, ancillary rights rest with the Philippine government.