Machete Maidens Unleashed!
The Filipino revolution that even Marcos couldn't crush!
Directed by Mark Hartley
Produced by Fury Productions, Bionic Boy Productions
A breezy, affectionate documentary celebrating the scrappy ingenuity and cultural freedom that made the Philippines a legendary hub of low-budget exploitation cinema.
In the final decades of the 20th century, the Philippines was a country where low-budget exploitation-film producers were free to make nearly any kind of movie they wanted, any way they pleased. It was a country with extremely lax labor regulations and a very permissive attitude towards cultural expression. As a result, it became a hotbed for the production of cheapie movies. Their history and the genre itself are detailed in this breezy, nostalgic documentary.
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