Barrameda, Katrina

Lustria, Jobelle M.

Manwi-it, Jessica

Tiburcio, Lilian

Touted as the second golden age of

Philippine cinema, this was the period of

the avant-garde filmmakers. At the turn of

the 70s, local producers and filmmakers

ceased to produce pictures in black and

white.

The 1970s era proved to be a difficult

time for Philippine movies. President

Marcos discouraged idol worship

usually accorded to movie stars, and

instead encouraged his countrymen

to support the programs of The New

Society.

Although freedom of expression was

limited, many beautiful and highly-

acclaimed movies came out during this

decade--a proof that the regime still

encouraged and supported the movie

industry.

Maynila: Sa Mga Kuko ng Liwanag

Minsa'y Isang Gamu-gamo

Insiang

Ganito Kami Noon, Paano Na Kayo

Ngayon

Burlesk Queen

Films were used as a propaganda

vehicles.

Nora Aunor

Vilma Santos

Hilda Koronel

TIRSO CRUZ III EDGAR MORTIZ

CHRISTOPHER DE LEON VICTOR WOOD

RUDY FERNANDEZ

Lino Brocka Ishmael Bernal Celso Ad Castillo

Eddie Romero

Nora Aunor was the only Filipino

actress to bag seven Metro Manila

Film Festival’s Best Actress Awards.

She was the first Filipino actress to

be crowned as "Box Office Queen of

Philippine Cinema" in 1971.

In 1977, an unknown Filipino

filmmaker going by his pseudonym

Kidlat Tahimik, made a film

entitled Mababangong

Bangungot (Perfumed Nightmare),

which won the International Critic’s

Prize in the Berlin Film Festival that

same year.

Maynila: Sa Mga Kuko Ng Liwanag is one

of the few Filipino films that has been

consistently placed among the world's top

100 films of all time. It is the only film from

the Philippines that entered in the list of

the book, 1001 Movies You Must See

Before You Die.