Bontoc Eulogy (1995)
• March 31st, 1995 • 0h 56min
Documentary
Overview
Marlon E. Fuentes' Bontoc Eulogy is a haunting, personal exploration into the filmmaker's complex relationship with his Filipino heritage as explored through the almost unbelievable story of the 1,100 Filipino tribal natives brought to the U.S. to be a "living exhibit" at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. For those who associate the famous fair with Judy Garland, clanging trolleys, and creampuff victoriana, Bontoc Eulogy offers a disturbing look at the cultural arrogance that went hand-in-hand with the Fair's glorification of progress. The Fair was the site of the world's largest ever "ethnological display rack," in which hundreds of so-called primitive and savage men and women from all over the globe were exhibited in contrast to the achievements of Western civilization.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
The Great Martian War 1913–1917
Released on: 2013-12-08
Drama, War, History, Science Fiction, Documentary
Documentary-drama recounting the Martian War of 1913–1917. Europe was on tenterhooks in the 2nd deca...
Land Without Bread
Released on: 1933-12-01
Documentary
An exploration —manipulated and staged— of life in Las Hurdes, in the province of Cáceres, in Extrem...
Dark Side of the Moon
Released on: 2002-10-16
Documentary
A French documentary or, one might say more accurately, a mockumentary, by director William Karel wh...
Balnearios
Released on: 2002-04-23
Documentary
An album of odd and humorous stories on small places exclusively dedicated to idleness, which are em...
Pandora Peaks
Released on: 2004-10-25
Documentary
A dialogue-free documentary on former magazine model Pandora Peaks, with narration by Peaks and Meye...
The History of White People in America: Volume II
Released on: 1986-01-01
Comedy, Documentary, TV Movie
In this daring follow-up to The History of White People in America, comedian Martin Mull takes us on...
State of Bacon
Released on: 2014-05-15
Comedy, Documentary
State of Bacon tells the kinda real but mostly fake tale of an oddball group of characters leading u...
La balloune
Released on: 2022-03-30
Comedy, Documentary
With more than 70 years of career, Claude Crest is more than ever a living legend of comedy. From hi...
An Intervention
Released on: 2021-01-01
Comedy, Documentary, Drama
Chelsea Bledsoe and her husband Graig throw a surprise intervention for her old high school boyfrien...
The first is farce
Released on: 2023-10-03
Documentary
This film is a comment on a current political scenario, where history is in Flux. In a documentary ...
Hunting Matthew Nichols
Released on: 2024-10-20
Horror, Mystery, Thriller, Documentary
Twenty-three years after her brother mysteriously disappeared, a documentary filmmaker sets out to s...
Nobody Wants Your Film
Released on: 2005-05-06
Documentary
Director Peter Judson's semifictitious tale opens a revealing window into the indie filmmaking proce...
Snowy
Released on: 2021-01-28
Documentary
Snowy, a 4-inch-long pet turtle, has lived an isolated life in the family basement. With help from a...
The Baby Formula
Released on: 2008-07-10
Comedy, Documentary
Two adventurous women in love are desperate to have their own biological child. They take a chance o...
+33 07 DATE ME PLS
Released on: 2022-12-13
Comedy, Documentary
A small film crew conducts a survey on sex, dating apps, and loneliness in a modern world.
Faces of Death III
Released on: 1985-03-10
Documentary, Horror
The third installment of the infamous "is it real or fake?" mondo series sets its sights primarily o...
No te metas en política: el documental
Released on: 2019-05-31
Documentary, Comedy, TV Movie
Comedians Facu Díaz and Miguel Maldonado, along with filmmaker Nacho Vigalondo as host, tell the bri...
Dick Tracy Special
Released on: 2009-06-09
Documentary, Fantasy, Comedy
Leonard Maltin interviews Warren Beatty as Dick Tracy, while film clips trace the history of the com...
Taxi
Released on: 2015-04-15
Comedy, Drama, Documentary
A yellow cab is driving through the vibrant and colourful streets of Tehran. Very diverse passengers...