The Rose of Manila

PREMIERE DESIGNATION
Vermont 

SYNOPSIS 
An imagining of the formative years of Imelda Marcos in the Philippines, who, as one half of the Marcos regime, would become infamous for embezzling billions from the country to sustain her extravagant lifestyle. Here, the fate of a young girl and an entire nation become entangled as the absent mother of a country is born.

SCREENING INFORMATION
Date: Thursday, August 26
Time: 2:00pm
Location: Robison Hall

CREDITS
Director: Alex Westfall [Attending MNFF7]
Writer: Alex Westfall
Producers: Enzo Razon, Miguel Jimenez, Alex Westfall 

FILM INFORMATION
Genre: Narrative
Length:  12m
Location: Philippines
Language: English, Tagalog w/English subtitles