37. Filmmaker Leah Borromeo on the pandemic and systemic injustices in the Philippines

Free City Radio

Sharing the 37th edition of Free City Radio podcast. This edition features an interview with filmmaker and journalist Leah Borromeo who shares some context and background on the political situation in the Philippines. Leah speaks about the intersections between the political and social violence of the "War on Drugs" and the ways that the systemic violence that this state policy deploys creates space for a broader system of injustice and oppression. Leah also speaks about the ways that the chaos created by the political policies under the current populist right wing government of Duterte creates an economic context that benefits multinational corporations and also international labour markets which benefit from the economic and political instability within the Philippines creating the conditions that force Filipinos to leave the country to seek safety, dignity and economic stability. Leah's film The Mortician Of Manila can be viewed on Al Jazeera here: https://www.aljazeera.com/program/witness/2020/9/20/the-mortician-of-manila-inside-the-philippines-war-on-drugs Music on this edition is by @revessonores who have an album being released on @youngbloods on April 21, 2021, full info : https://revessonores.bandcamp.com/album/cr-puscule Free City Radio is produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff, also Free City Radio broadcasts on Wednesday at 11am on @radiockut 90.3fm in Montréal.