![]() How, then, are each of these films inscribed in existing historical debates and competing forms of historico-political imagination? In this study, we argue that in remembering and re-imagining the Revolution through their chosen “heroes”, these films recruit the audience in demarcated historical debates of not only who among them personifies the Revolution, but more importantly, the legacy of the Revolution itself-with consequences to societal discourse. It is from this context that recent representations in film emerge, becoming occasions for audiences to reflect on contemporary political conditions. ![]() While the legacies of the major figures of the Revolution are subject to competing representations of various historians, a consensus “textbook narrative” has filtered into popular consciousness. ![]() As a period of founding significance to the Philippine nation-state, the Philippine Revolution (and its figures) has captured our collective imagination.
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