Human rights, diplomacy, capitalism, and the gender problem in 1957’s ‘Badjao’

Badjao is a film relevant now more than ever. It is a lesson on diplomacy amid conflicts concerning territories. It does not shy away from criticizing capitalism as the root of all conflicts. But as a product of its time, the film has a problem when it comes to gender, something that we must also address if we want a thorough discussion of the film’s impact on contemporary viewpoints.

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